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Town Teacher

BBC Radio 4
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Why did John Burdlkln stand on his head on the spire of All Saints
Church, Newcastle upon Tyne? And why did his son do the same thing 20 years later? Why did a man fly from the top of the Norman keep and then try to make a donkey followhisexample?
David Bean joins Tyneside schoolchildren in search of the answers to these and other questions on the trails blazed by Town Teacher, a scheme to Involve youngsters in their colourful heritage. Producer GILLIAN BUlB BBC Manchester

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John Burdlkln
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David Bean
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