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Norman Cornish Centenary lecture November 3rd 2022 Spennymoor Town Hall 7-30m tickets £5 phone: 01388 815276 (Office hours only)



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2022-09-05

A tour with Cornish of the churches in Spennymoor which have played an important role in the development of the town since 1864



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2022-01-24

Spennymoor Town Band recently enjoyed national success and has a long history which was influential in the design of the Miners Gala Mural



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2021-11-01

A reminder of the work of mining artist Norman Cornish
who's the subject of an exhibition of 32 works opening on Saturday (18th) at in Cockermouth, The show ends on Oct 8.

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2021-09-14

Bill Mann, Tom Ridley and another pitman climbing Dean Bank, Spennymoor with Dean and Chapter Pit in the background, 1974 by Norman Cornish (1919 - 2014)

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2021-07-09

St Pauls Church the landmark feature in Spennymoor which attracted the attention of artist Norman Cornish throughout his career.



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2021-06-28

Norman Cornish 1919 – 2014, the most celebrated of all pitmen painters drew great inspiration from the local pubs around his hometown of Spennymoor. See https://t.co/tO91X3TOgK to watch him work his magic among the fag smoke and bottles of Broon🍺#PubArtSaturday

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2020-10-24

Northern art: Works by (1926-2006)..Born in
McGuinness was a coal miner and artist, conscripted to Fishburn Colliery as a in 1944..

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2020-09-16

Behind the Scenes Cornish and Berriman’s chip van. The story behind this iconic piece of social history remembered with great affection in Spennymoor.



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2020-08-19

Norman Cornish (1919-2014), best known of the pit men painters of County Durham, became a full-time artist at the age of 47, when a back injury brought to an end 33 years of mining. His subject remained the lives of those who lived and worked in his home town of Spennymoor.

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2020-08-03

Northern art: "The Road to Work" 1964...A Mining village by (British,1926-2006)..#PitmanArtist..

McGuinness was a coal miner and artist, conscripted to Fishburn Colliery...

1944, from

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2020-01-05

Northern art: "Pit Road, Winter" c1995...Painting by (British,1919-2014)..Born in

Depiction of two miners on the road Cornish himself walked, almost every day for 30 years, to in

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2019-12-14

Northern art: "The Busy Bar"...Painting by (British,1919-2014)..The last a miner for 33 years, born in

Known for his depictions of mining community life..#Humanist.

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2019-11-14

Youth theatre group performing a play about the members of the The Spennymoor Settlement.

Tickets from: https://t.co/MA1p3gTUDn

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2019-11-08

Northern art: "Pigeon Crees" 1953...Oil on canvas by (British,1926-2006)..Born in

conscripted into Fishburn Colliery as a in 1944..

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2019-07-16

Northern art: "Early Morning Shift" 1959...Painting by (British,1926-2006)..

and conscripted 1944 from

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2019-01-01

Northern art: [1919-2014] from
His artwork celebrated the industrial past with warmth & humanity.

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2017-04-28