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St Hilda's North
On this visit you will learn of the first steam locomotive shipped to Russia and how the convoy was attacked by wolves. You’ll also hear about a Middlesbrough connection to Mauritius and a little-known story about where LS Lowry really began his famous painting.
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St Hilda's South
This visit begins at MIMA where the Lowry painting is currently housed. Here you will hear an outrageous and hilarious story from the painting’s past. Travelling on through the town you’ll hear about an unexplained room beneath the streets and see what existed 120 years ago on the site of the new flats at Boho Court
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Albert Park
Before we go into the park, we hear yet another L.S. Lowry story. As we enter the park you’ll hear the mystery of the undead soldier. This walk currently ends at the Roller-skate Rink but there are plans to make it a circular walk.
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Up The Boro
Hear how Middlesbrough Football Club club was formed in a pub "over the border" accompanied by a tripe supper (or was it?). A fascinating (and sometimes humorous) story of the early days from the first kickabout (Albert Park) and how the club grew to what it is now
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Ayresome Park
This is now a housing estate but there are many artefacts remembering the former life of this field in Middlesbrough. Follow the trail!
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Reimagining Middlesbrough
Reimagining Middlesbrough was a community engagement project commissioned by Borderlands CPP, managed by Health & Arts and delivered by poet Bob Beagrie.
The project brought together over fifty writers from various backgrounds, ethnicities and faiths, permanent residents and visitors, to explore the shared spaces of the town, to chart sites of attachment, to map personal memories connected to various locations, to tell the stories of the streets, and celebrate the rich diversity of Middlesbrough through poetry and short prose that expresses the connections between people and place.
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