Byker Bingo

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 7:07 p.m.

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\'I suppose it all started when the spark went out of Uncle Danny.

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You know Danny. He runs the bingo down the club.

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Walks up and down Raby Street selling books of tickets for it.

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And come seven o\\u2019clock each and every Saturday there he is...hollering numbers at giddy nanas.\'

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Our third audio story is \'Byker Bingo\' - narrator Sammie Clarke takes bingo to the streets of Byker as she tries to renew the spark of local legend Uncle Danny.

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Co-Created with our communities in Byker

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\'Byker Bingo\' Read & Performed by Sammie Clarke

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Written by Lee Mattinson

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Music & Sound by Mark Melville

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Directed & Co-Created with Louie Ingham

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Download the transcript here.

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