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3 Mar 2021 WORDS AND PICTURES: This is how Philip Sculthorpe responded to the picture as part of The Witham project THE results of an inter-generation writing project which began pre-pandemic and continued online have been posted for all to see. The creative writing course started in 2019 at The Witham, Barnard Castle, involving adult aged 55-plus and local school children. Those taking part were asked to share their experiences of living and growing up in the landscape and communities of Teesdale, with author, David Napthine engaged to head the project. Susan Coffer, manager of The Witham said: “When the first lockdown happened, David moved the adult sessions online. ....
Drama in the Dales is hoping to perform its play, ‘The Body on Killhope Moor’, this summer. It is based on a mystery surrounding human remains found in a coffin at Killhope, in Weardale, in 1921. Durham-based researcher and historian Barbara Crosbie said: “The play will use some artistic licence when it comes to the story. “We have a very gifted and talented team of playwrights working on it. “In terms of research, what we know is that a body was found by a farmer Titus Harrison, at Killhope. “There had been a bad storm the night before and he had gone out to check on his flock when he found a box – it turned out to be an old coffin. ....