paul-brown

1 Article by:

Paul Brown

Paul Brown is the author of The Tyne Bridge: Icon of North-East England. He writes the newsletter Singular Discoveries.

DMG 2025: Birthplace of the Working Class

In the first of a series of pieces leading up to Saturday’s Durham Miners’ Gala, we examine a forgotten corner of County Durham with a strong claim to be the one of the global birthplaces of the industrial proletariat.