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Sunday, 18 May 2014
COLLIER LAD BY JOSEPH SKIPSEY - PERFORMED BY DRIVE THE BOGIES
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This is the blog of the erstwhile Tyneside Poets. The aim is to archive over four decades of writing and publish new works.
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