Wallington Morning

A new and wonderful collection of poetry by Newcastle poet, Keith Armstrong.

Keith Armstrong is a writer from Tyneside. He was born on 25 June 1946 at home in Danby Gardens, in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. His varied career has embraced community development worker, poet, librarian and publisher. Between 1980 and 1986 he held the post of Community Arts Development Worker with Peterlee Community Arts (later East Durham Community Arts).[1] In recent years home has been the seaside town of Whitley Bay. He is coordinator of Northern Voices Community Project's[2] which specialises in creative writing and community publishing. Over the years various community arts festivals in the region and many literary events have been organised. He has compiled and edited books on the Durham Miners' Gala, on the former mining communities of County Durham, the market town of Hexham and on North Tyneside heritage in From Segedunum to Spanish City. The latter in 2010 was one of the projects generated through Northern Voices Community Projects at Whitley Bay.