Brendan Hawthorne on Toll End Road, Tipton
Writers choose a scene to reveal something of this hidden region. Brendan's revealing his childhood in Tipton. Think cooling towers, high-rise flats and angel fish in the canal.
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
Brendan Hawthorne is revealing his hidden childhood world of Tipton. Think cooling towers, high-rise flats, scrapyard cranes and angel fish in the canal.
Brendan is a poet, playwright, writer and musician who was born in Tipton in the Black Country. He’s released five collections of poetry and had two plays produced locally. He stood on Antony Gormley's Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square and appeared on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One's The One Show, translating Shirley Bassey lyrics into Black Country dialect to the Dame herself! Brendan is Poet Laureate of Wednesbury, his adopted home town.
Producer: Rosie Boulton
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