Reference code: GB-0033-KPB
Title: 
Katrina Porteous 
Beadnell Archive
Dates of creation: 1924-2013
Extent: 1 metre
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: Porteous, Katrina Language:
English
Katrina Porteous
Katrina Porteous is a poet, historian and broadcaster. Her particular interests include the inshore fishing community of the Northumberland coast, and the cultural and natural history of that area. Katrina was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and grew
up in County Durham. She graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, with a double first in History in 1982, studied at Berkeley and Harvard Universities in the USA on a Harkness Fellowship, and has lived in her grandparents’ house on the Northumberland
coast, working as a freelance writer, since 1987. Her poetry has won many national awards, including a Gregory Award (1989), an Arts Council Writer’s Bursary (1993) and an Arts Foundation Award (2003). As well as poetry in English, she occasionally
writes in Northumbrian dialect. In 1999 she accompanied two Northumbrian shepherd-poets to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Nevada, U.S.A. Katrina’s first major collection,
The lost music (Bloodaxe 1996), concentrated on the Northumbrian fishing community. She has also explored this subject in prose in
Beadnell - a history in photographs (Northumberland
County Library 1990),
Beadnell Harbour 200th anniversary (Harbour in Trouble 1998) and
The bonny fisher lad (People's History 2003). Her second collection
Two
countries (Bloodaxe, 2014) gathers material from her radio work focussed on Northumberland and Durham. Katrina’s other publications include a long dialect poem,
The wund an’ the wetter (with piper Chris
Ormston, Iron Press 1999),
Turning the tide, a collaboration with two artists on the Durham coast (Easington 2001),
Dunstanburgh (Smokestack 2004) and
Longshore
drift (with artist James Dodds, Jardine Press 2005). Katrina’s poetry also appears in many anthologies, including
Tweed rivers, new writing and art inspired by the rivers of the Tweed catchment, edited by Ken
Cockburn and James Carter (Luath Press and platform projects, 2005). Katrina’s three-part poem about the River Tweed is accompanied by photographs by Susheila Jamieson.
Katrina Porteous is President of the Northumbrian Language Society.
Presented by the author, March 2012 (Misc.Acc. 2011/12:44), December 2012 (Misc.Acc. 2012/13:43), April 2013 (Misc.Acc. 2013/14:90).
Open for consultation.
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The arrangement follows the divisions made by the author when giving the material.
Further accessions of material are expected.
PoetryThe lost musicKPB 001 1996
The lost music, by
Katrina Porteous (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books)
KPB1/1 22 May 1990
Photocopy of article
“The blackbird in the bush” in Northern echo, about poems composed for National Garden Festival, Gateshead.
1f
KPB1/2 1990
Railway time, brochure produced by British Rail Community Unit about artwork at National Garden Festival, Gateshead.
16p
KPB1/3 1990
Festival landmarks '90. Art, craft, poetry and performance art at the National Garden Festival, Gateshead, May-October 1990.
78p
KPB1/4 February 1994
The page. The arts paper for the North. Includes article “The fishermen” on poems about Beadnell fishermen.
12p
KPB1/5 25 August 1995
The Independent (daily poem “Wicked creeves”, p.7).
1v
KPB1/6 September 1995
Northern Electric news (poem of the month “Blackberries”, p.10).
1v
KPB1/7 19 November 1996
A4 poster advertising poetry reading at Beadnell to mark launch of
The lost music.
1f
KPB1/8 15 December 1996
Photocopy of review in
Sunday telegraph by Vernon Scannell of poetry including The lost music.
1f
KPB1/9 February 1997
Photocopy of article in the
Northern review on The lost music
1f
KPB2/1-21 March 1990
Manuscript and typescript notes and drafts of
“Team gut”.
21f
KPB2/22-25 August 1990
Manuscript and typescript drafts of
“Charlie Douglas”.
4f
KPB2/26-37 1994
Word-processed and manuscript drafts of
“Inscription”.
12f
KPB2/38-46 1995
Word-processed and manuscript drafts of
“The lost music”.
9f
KPB2/47 2014
John Casken,
Uncertain sea for unaccompanied SATB choir text by Katrina Porteus (Schott). Choral score, using two poems from
The lost music, “The sea inside” and
“The bottom o'the sea”, first performed 30 August 2014 by the National Youth Choir, Sage, Gateshead.
KPB/48 2014
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
Summer concerts 2014 programme, including article by John Caskin on Uncertain sea and texts of “The sea inside” and “The
bottom o'the sea”
Turning the tideKPB 010 2001
Turning the tide (Easington: Easington District Council),
Katrina Porteous , poet; Keith Pattison, photographer; Robert Soden, painter. Photographs, poems and paintings inspired by the Turning the tide project to
restore Durham coastline after the closure of coal mines in the region.
KPB5/1 2000
“The pitman's boot” first draft in manuscript.
KPB5/2-6 2000
Five printed bookmarks, produced to accompany
Turning the Tide featuring poems by
Katrina Porteous , photographs by Keith Pattison and paintings by Robert Soden.
“Roads out of nowhere”; photograph of Seaham
Harbour
“The blast”; painting of Horden beach
“By these whins”; photograph of clifftop path
“The pitman's boot”; photograph of Blast Beach, Seaham
“Roads” (extract); painting of Crimdon.
KPB5/7 2000
Royal Festival Hall,
Education a user's guide. Includes section on
Itchydabbers, a film made by Anton Hecht with the pupils of Shotton Colliery Primary School led by
Katrina Porteous in a project for the
Poetry International Film-Poem.
KPB5/8 2001
Writing together conference report (QCA; DfEE; Booktrust) including report by
Katrina Porteous on Itchydabbers project at Shotton Colliery Primary School.
KPB5/9 2002
Easington art. A guide to artwork in the East of Durham (Durham: Durham County Council) printed guide to artists involved in the Turning the tides project and the location of their works.
KPB5/10 8 May 2002
Photograph of the authors of
Turning the tide meeting the Queen at an exhibition at Blackhall Rocks.
DunstanburghKPB 004 2004
Dunstanburgh (Middlesbrough: Smokestack Books)
KPB6/1 February 2004
“Dunstanburgh Castle A secret old as stones”. Postcard produced by BBC to advertise broadcast of the poem on Radio 4 Monday 9 February at 8.30 pm.
KPB6/2 9 February 2008
Photocopy of notice by Gillian Reynolds in
Daily telegraph of broadcast.
KPB6/3 9 February 2008
CD copy of broadcast of
Dunstanburgh Castle A secret old as stones.
KPB6/4 2004
Flyer for
Dunstanburgh issued by Smokestack Books.
KPB6/5 Autumn/Winter 2004
Flyer for Colpitts Poetry events, including launch of Smokestack Books (19 November).
KPB6/6-53 2004
Correspondence with Nicholas Baumfield about drafts of
Dunstanburgh and Longshore drift including annotated typescripts of both works.
Seven silencesKPB 005 2008
Seven silences (Selkirk: Lapwing Press).
"The poems in this chapbook are based in the Northumberland hill country around Hadrian's Wall, and were all written in the 18 months before, during and after the
devastating foot and mouth epidemic of 2001. “This far and no further” was commissioned by BBC Radio 4 in autumn 2000 and first broadcast as part of Up against the Wall, produced by Tim Dee, in January 2001.
“An ill wind” was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 at the height of the outbreak and was broadcast as part of the 2001 Poetry proms, produced by Sarah Davies. “Two countries” was
commissioned in 2002 by Arts UK, as part of a five year international writing project, Writing on the Wall."
KPB7/1 2001
CD recording of
“This far and no further” performed by
Katrina Porteous and pupils from Haltwhistle First School, broadcast on Radio 4, January 2001; and “An ill wind” and
“Horizon” performed by
Katrina Porteous on Radio 3
Poetry proms, August 2001 (introduced by Jo Shapcott).
KPB7/2-5 4 October 2000
Transcript of interview with Alistair Murray, farmer at Sewingshields (used as source material for
“This far and no further”).
KPB7/6-21 17 October 2000
Transcript of interview with Willie Weatherson, farmer at Edges Green Farm, and his mother (used as source material for
“This far and no further”).
KPB7/22 April 2001
News from Hadrian's Wall, issue 13 (includes “This far and no further”, p.10-13)
KPB7/23-24 July 2001
Two pages of drafts for
“An ill wind”.
KPB17/28-31 [6-8 August 2001]
Manuscript notes and drafts for
“An ill wind”.
KPB17/32-80 [6-8 August 2001]
Drafts for
“An ill wind” and “Seven silences”, in manuscript and word-processed.
KPB7/25 18 August 2001
The Guardian Saturday review, printing “Seven silences” as part of the Saturday poems sequence.
KPB7/26 1 February 2002
Cutting from
Hexham courant marking launch of Hadrian's Wall tourism campaign.
KPB7/27 20 April 2002
Photocopy of article in
Daily telegraph, Robin Page in his country diary column about a reading by
Katrina Porteous of “An ill wind”.
KPB7/81-92 December 2000
Performance script for radio recording of
“This far and no further”
KPB7/93-104 [2000]
Performance script for pipes for
“This far and no further”
KPB7/105-112 28 February 2002
Performance script for
“This far and no further” incorporating part of “An ill wind”
KPB7/113-114 2002
Performance script: extracts from
“This far and no further”.
KPB7/115-146 February - March 2009
Correspondence with Nicholas Baumfield comparing three versions of
“This far and no further” (original broadcast, amended possible broadcast versions, and as published in Seven silences).
KPB 018 2006
Writing on the wall. An international writing project for Hadrian's Wall 2001-2006 (Newcastle upon Tyne: ARTS UK), ed. Steve Chettle
Beach ride; Longshore drift; The Blue LonnenKPB8/14 28 August 2001 - 9 February 2002
Small spiral bound notebook: notes and drafts for
“Beach ride”, field notes for “Borderers”, “The pitmans boot” and “Tweed”.
KPB8/1 [2001-2003]
CD copy of:
“Longshore drift” read on Radio 3 The verb, 15 February 2003
“Beach ride” read on Radio 4 Journeys - New
poems for National Poetry Day 4 October 2001.
KPB8/2-3 September 2001
Two photographs of
Katrina Porteous on horseback, taken by Ashley Coombes as publicity for
“Beach ride”.
KPB8/4 28 September 2001
Article from
Times educational supplement to mark National Poetry Day featuring “Beach ride”.
KPB8/5 November 2002
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
Programme (
Katrina Porteous writer-in-residence).
KPB8/6 November 2002
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival flyer detailing writer-in-residence programme.
KPB8/7 [2003?]
Twenty poems Live at the Aldeburgh poetry festival. CD of poems read by various authors at the Festival, including “The spelk” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB8/8 1 November 2002
“Poets at the Aldeburgh Festival”, cutting from the
Times literary supplement including “The ruined thistles” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 003 2005
Longshore drift: a radio-poem (Wivenhoe: Jardine Press) by
Katrina Porteous with linocuts by James Dodds.
KPB8/9 2005
Publisher's flyer for
Longshore drift.
KPB8/10 2006
Alnwick Playhouse
Spring 2006 programme, including feature on The Blue Lonnen exhibition at the Playhouse May 2006.
KPB8/11 Spring 2006
Coastal views The newsletter of the Northumberland Coast AONB, issue 5.
KPB8/12 2007
Card by the Jardine Press, illustrated with linocut
“Aldeburgh beach boat” and extract from
Longshore drift by
Katrina Porteous .
Size: 11 x 15 cm
KPB8/13 2007
Card by the Jardine Press, illustrated with oil painting
“Golden Gate” and extract from
The old boat by
Katrina Porteous .
Size: 11 x 15 cm
KPB 002 2007
The Blue Lonnen (Wivenhoe: Jardine Press) by
Katrina Porteous with photographs by Nigel Shuttleworth and paintings by James Dodds.
The Refuge box
A half-hour radio-poem by
Katrina Porteous about the idea of sanctuary, centred around the refuge box on Holy Island causeway, using interviews recorded with local residents. Broadcast on Radio 3's
Between the ears (producer Julian May) 8 December 2007.
KPB9/1 8 December 2007
CD recording of
“The Refuge box” featuring poetry by
Katrina Porteous and recorded interviews.
KPB9/2-14 12 September 2007
Draft script for
“The Refuge box”, titled “The safety box”.
KPB9/15-36 8 December 2007
Script for
“The Refuge box”, as broadcast.
KPB9/37-43 7 July 2007
Transcript of interview with Alan Macmillan, Auxiliary Coastguard, Beadnell, about his work, used as source material for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/44-51 3 August 2007
Transcript of interview with Ian Clayton, Seahouses lifeboat, about his work, used as source material for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/52-55 [August 2007]
Transcript of interview with Dick Patterson, Holy Island postman, about the causeway and life on Holy Island, used as source material for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/56-59 [August 2007]
Transcript of interview with Brother Damian, Vicar of Holy Island, about life on Holy Island, used as source material for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/60-65 [August 2007]
Transcript of interview with Tommy Douglas, Holy Island fisherman and Auxiliary Coastguard, about the causeway and life on Holy Island, used as source material for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/66-80 23 August 2007
Transcript of interview with Ralph Wilson, Holy Island fisherman, about the causeway and life on Holy Island, used as source material for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/81-87 [August 2007]
Transcript of interview with Colin Teago, Holy Island wildfowling warden, about wildfowling on Holy Island, used as source material for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/88-92 [August 2007]
Transcript of interview with Robert Brigham, Holy Island wildfowler, about wildfowling on Holy Island, used as source material for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/93-94 2008
Nominations list for Maritime Media Awards -
“The Refuge box” nominated for Donald Gosling Award.
KPB9/95-135 8 June - 10 October 2007
Photocopy of pages of field notes taken on Holy Island as source for
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/136-137 18 September 2007
Email from
Katrina Porteous to Julian May, BBC about arrangements for recording
“The Refuge box”
KPB9/138 November 2006-March 2008
Spiralbound notebook containing drafts for
“The Refuge box”. Early work written during Arvon course (27/11-2/12 2006) and drafts of the full work (July 2007); two inserted sheets on a drowning, and BBC summary of the piece.
KPB9/139-215 17 August - 10 October 2007
First typescript draft series:
“The Refuge box” with manuscript corrections.
KPB9/216-489 7 September - 10 October 2007
Second typescript draft series:
“The Refuge box” with manuscript corrections.
KPB9/490-536 28-30 October 2007
Location recording script, studio production script and example tape log for sound effects for the broadcast of
“The Refuge box”.
KPB9/537-546 July 2008
Script for live performance of
“The Refuge box” at the Ledbury Poetry Festival (with Alistair Anderson on concertina and second voice).
KPB9/547-615 2 February 2009
Letter to Nicholas Baumfield about publishing
“The Refuge box” with three versions (original draft, suggested printed version and broadcast script).
Horse
A half-hour radio-poem by
Katrina Porteous and composer Peter Zinovieff, performed at the Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival at the Sage, Gateshead 6 November and broadcast 26 November 2011 on Radio 3's
Between the ears (produced by Julian May).
KPB10/1 November 2011
Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival Programme.
KPB10/2-19 6 November 2011
Performance script for
Horse, marked up with timings for the score.
KPB10/20-21 [November 2011]
Introductory notes about
Horse by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB10/22-23 November 2011
Photocopies of previews of
Horse published in Radio Times and the Sunday Times listings.
KPB10/24-26 23 November 2011
Printout of Radio 3 blog
“Between the ears - looking forward to 'Horse'” by Rosalind Porter.
KPB10/27 20 May 2012
A4 colour print of poster for
Horse to be performed at St. Peter's Church, Duxford (Cambridge).
KPB10/28 20 May 2012
CD recording of performance of
Horse, performed at St. Peter's Church, Duxford (Cambridge).
KPB10/29 March 2012
Other poetry, series 4, no. 5. Includes review of Horse by Andrew Sclater.
KPB10/30 2014
Design mock-up of the printed version of
Horse (text by
Katrina Porteous ; music by Peter Zinovieff; artwork by Olivia Lomenech Gill).
KPB10/31 November 2014
Earthlines, issue 10, with article
Horse by
Katrina Porteous , 4-8.
KPB10/32-33 30 November 2014
Email from
Katrina Porteous to Humphrey Weightman (designer of the printed version of
Horse discussing book and corrections.
KPB10/34 17 December 2014
Printed flyer for launch of
Horse at Belford.
KPB 026 2014
Horse, text by
Katrina Porteous ; music by Peter Zinovieff; artwork by Olivia Lomenech Gill ([Beadnell]: Windmillsteads Books, 2014). Includes CD recording of the sound-poem Horse and interview by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB10/35 8-10 May 2015
“Poetry next-the-sea”. Programme for 18th poetry festival at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, including performance of
Horse by
Katrina Porteous .
EdgeKPB19/1 17 September 2012
Proposal by Julian May to the BBC for a sound and poetry collaboration between
Katrina Porteous and Peter Zinovieff called
Edge.
KPB19/2-16 8 September 2013
Performance script for
Edge, performed Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne as part of the British Science Festival.
KPB19/17 18 February 2013
“Edge structure” chart of the structure of the score for Edge.
KPB19/18 August 2013
The informer Tyneside listings magazine including preview of Edge p.10.
KPB19/19 7-12 September 2013
Programme for British Science Festival, Newcastle upon Tyne.
KPB19/20-21 7 September 2013
Preview of performance of
Edge, The journal, 58-9.
KPB19/22-24 December 2013
Previews of
Poetry please, Radio 4 broadcast of performance of Edge recorded at British Science Festival.
KPB19/25 2013
Edge and Field. DVD copy of Peter Zinovieff's stereo recordings.
KPB19/26 13-15 November 2014
Programme for Nature matters: a sense of scale, conference at Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford, which included a performance of Edge 15 November 2014
KPB19/26
KPB2/47 2013
The melly-belly songs / Five sea songs. Music by Jakub Zahradník to poems by
Katrina Porteous & Keith Armstrong.
Keith Armstrong (“My father worked on ships”,
“Melly”, “Those bald barber blues”, “Nightjars and their allies”, “Dance on flags”);
Katrina Porteous (“Wund's freshenin', bonny lass”, “Divvin't ee touch me”, “Yon's love for ee, hinny”, “A lonely life”,
“An' ma'n ye away, noo?”). Demo CD produced by Pagat Ultimo musical productions, Prague. PUMP 005.
CD
Two countriesKPB25/1-103 2001-2002
Correspondence with Adam Fowler about a commission for inclusion in
“A sense of place” (BBC Radio Scotland series broadcast in 2002) on the border between Scotland and England. With drafts of work which was included in Two countries as
“Borderers”.
KPB26/1 1996
“Sedimentary”, written in 1994, this revision dated 1995-6, subsequently revised in 1999 for inclusion in BON (Book of the North) (2001) and then included in Two
countries.
KPB26/2-4 1998
“The Dark Passages”, early drafts written in Autumn 1998, for inclusion in BON (Book of the North) (2001), with notes for interaction with CD ROM, and then included in
Two countries.
KPB26/5 1996
Revision of draft of
“Plenty lang a Winter” for inclusion in The Blue Lonnen (2006) and then included in Two countries.
KPB26/6-11 1999
Inscription for Michael Johnson's sculpture at Seaham Hall, included in
Turning the tide (2001) and then revised in Two countries as “On Seaham Headland”.
KPB26/12 February 2001
Inscription for Easington Colliery Memorial Garden, included in
Turning the tide (2001) and then included in Two countries as “Out of the dark”.
KPB26/13-22 December 1999
Drafts of
“Horizon” written during work on the Seahouses Millennium video, published in Red herring, no. 8, performed in KPB7/1 and then included in Two
countries.
KPB26/23-25 26 August 2002
Draft of
“Ruined thistles”, published in “Poets at the Aldeburgh Festival” (TLS), (KPB8/8) and then included in Two countries.
KPB26/26-28 February 2001
“The pigeon men”, excerpt published in KPB17/10 and then included in Two countries.
KPB26/29-32 29 August 2001
“Beach ride” performed on KPB8/1 and then included in Two countries.
KPB20/1/1-143 October 2013
Word-processed draft of
Two countries, with manuscript changes “#1”.
1 file
KPB20/2/1-145 October 2013
Word-processed draft of
Two countries, with manuscript changes “#2”.
1 file
KPB20/3/1-155 27 May 2014
Word-processed draft of
Two countries, with manuscript changes.
1 file
KPB20/4/1-176 12 June 2014
Word-processed draft of
Two countries, with manuscript changes and additional revised pages at the end.
1 file
KPB20/5/1-195 3 August 2014
Proof of
Two countries, with manuscript changes.
1 file
KPB20/6/1-6 January 2013-August 2014
Letter proposing
Two countries to Bloodaxe Books; emails about proof corrections.
1 file
KPB20/6/7 2 October 2014
“Poems celebrate the land and people who shape it”, cutting from Northumberland gazette announcing publication of Two countries.
KPB20/6/8 8 November 2014
“The sounds of the sea”, cutting from Northern echo announcing publication of Two countries.
KPB20/6/9-11 8 October 2014
Programme September - December, flyer and set list for launch of
Two countries at The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Henry Travers Studio).
KPB 029 2014
Two countries, by
Katrina Porteous (Hexham: Bloodaxe Books, 2014)
29-30 November 2014
Morning star, with review of Two countries.
KPB20/6/13 March 2015
Earthlines, issue 11, with review of Two countries.
KPB20/6/14-20 4 September 2015
Printout of
“An interview with Katrina Porteus” by Jos Smith about Two countries from The clearing website (theclearingonline.org).
KPB20/6/21 26 November 2015
Programme for the Portico Prize ceremony (for which
Two countries was nominated).
KPB20/6/22 April 2016
Programme for Hexham Book Festival, 22 April - 4 May 2016, which included reading from
Two countries 27 April.
KPB20/6/23 October 2016
Programme for Berwick Literary Festival, 20-23 October 2016, which included reading from
Two countries 23 October.
KPB20/6/24-5 26 July 2016
Email regarding
Front row: the cultural response broadcast on Radio 4 about the aftermath of the referendum on membership of the European Union.
FieldKPB24/1 3 February 2014
Initial proposal for
Field.
KPB24/2-8 21-22 April 2015
Performance script for
Field.
KPB24/9 30 June 2014
Peter Zinovieff's diagram of the structure of
Field.
KPB24/10 12 February 2015
Diagram of mixer channel layout for
Field.
KPB24/12-16 17 April 2015
“Interview:
Katrina Porteous on Field.
Katrina Porteous talks to Eugenie Johnson about her latest, unique project with Peter Zinovieff” printout of article at
http://narcmagazine.com/interview-
katrina-porteous -on-field/.
KPB7/17 21 April 2015
“Porteous and Zinovieff return for Life Centre premiere”, article on Fieldin The journal.
TemenosKPB 034 2016
Temenos (Beadnell, Northumberland: Windmillsteads Books, 2016). Cover “A Happy Dragons' Press Special”. With typescript poem “Three rooms”, dated December 2008, loose inside.
KPB12/17 December 2008
Typescript poem
“Three rooms”.
Conversations on a benchKPB23/1 15 October 2016
Conversations on a bench CD of radio programme broadcast on Radio 4, 23.30.
KPB23/2 15 October 2016
Printout of programme summary from BBC website.
KPB23/3-7 October 2016
Draft for
“Bench 9” written by Katrina Porteus for the programme.
KPB23/8-12 October 2016
Performance script for
Conversations on a bench.
SunKPB22/1 November 2016
Sun DVD of performance
DVD .mov format
KPB22/2-10 November 2016
Sun performance script
KPB22/11-20 March 2016
Postcard flyer for
“Imagining the sun” project collaboration with Northumbria University and printout of project webpage at https://nustem.uk/imagining-the-sun/
KPB22/21 15 November 2016
Article in
The journal interviewing Katrina Porteus about Sun to be performed 18 November in Newcastle.
Beadnell and North Northumberland fishing historyKPB 009 1990
Beadnell. A history in photographs, selected and annotated by
Katrina Porteous (Morpeth: Northumberland County Library, 1990)
KPB3/1-2 23 August 1990
Photocopied reviews of
Beadnell. A history in photographs in Alnwick advertiser and Berwick advertiser
KPB3/3 23 August 1993
“Memories of a pioneering pilot”. Article by
Katrina Porteous in
The journal about landing of Harry Hawker at Beadnell in 1913 during his attempt to fly around Britain in a
seaplane.
KPB3/4 Autumn 1993
Article by
Katrina Porteous
“Cobles, nets and lobster creeves”, in
The Northumbrian (issue 24).
1v
KPB3/5 1994
Bill Williamson,
Flashback. History here and now (Tyne Tees Television), include citation of
Katrina Porteous ' work at Beadnell.
1v
KPB3/6 26 May 1994
Coast to Coquetdale free clarion, issue 3, including article “Starving the poor to feed the rich” by
Katrina Porteous .
1v
KPB3/7 4 August 1994
Coast to Coquetdale free clarion, issue 8, including article “Holiday kingdom?” by
Katrina Porteous .
1v
KPB3/8 17 February 1995
“In peril on the sea”, photocopied article by
Katrina Porteous in
Northumberland weekender about a blizzard off Beadnell in 1895.
KPB3/9 1995
Archaeology in Northumberland 1994-1995. Includes “I am the boat”, poem by
Katrina Porteous on the ruins of St Ebba's chapel at Beadnell.
1v
KPB3/10 1997
Bloodaxe Books. The catalogue; includes article by
Katrina Porteous “
Fisher of men's tales: the poet and the fishermen of Beadnell”.
1v
KPB 008 1998
Beadnell harbour: 200th anniversary, 1798-1998 : a pictorial history of the village, by
Katrina Porteous (Beadnell)
KPB 012 2003
The bonny fisher lad Memories of the North Northumberland fishing community, by
Katrina Porteous (Seaham: People's History, 2003)
KPB27/1 2003
Corrected proof copy of
The bonny fisher lad.
1 file
KPB3/11 [2005]
Fishing and fishing communities, The maritime heritage of the North East, leaflet 1, by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB3/12 2006
North East history, v.37; includes article by
Katrina Porteous “Mapping the human landscape: knowledge, skills and stories in Northumberland fishing communities”.
1v
KPB3/13 [2007]
The story of the Lindisfarne Castle boat-sheds. National Trust leaflet, by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB3/14 2007
Exploring the Northumberland Coast Path, presented by Keith Hartnell (Northern Heritage Films); includes
Katrina Porteous talking about Beadnell fishing history.
KPB3/15 2007
Archaeology in Northumberland 2007; includes “Know your fishing heritage: bark-pots” by
Katrina Porteous and “Industrial Beadnell” by
Katrina Porteous
and Harry Beamish.
KPB3/16 2008
“The last fisherman. End of the line for an ancient maritime tradition”, produced by Charles Bowden for CBTV Media / Tyne Tees; includes “Sea of memories” filmed by
Katrina Porteous
1992-95.
KPB3/17 2008
Archaeology in Northumberland , vol. 18; includes “Northumberland's sea fishing heritage” by
Katrina Porteous , “Know your fishing heritage: Beadnell
Haven” by
Katrina Porteous and “The rocketeers: Northumberland's volunteer life saving companies” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB3/18 2008
Northumberland's fishing heritage 1 (newsletter of the Northumberland Sea Fisheries Heritage Project).
KPB3/19 2008
Northumberland's fishing heritage 2 (newsletter of the Northumberland Sea Fisheries Heritage Project).
KPB3/20 2010
Offprint of Adrian G. Osler and
Katrina Porteous ,
“'Bednelfysch and iseland fish': continuity in the pre-industrial sea fishery of north Northumberland, 1300-1950”,
The mariner's mirror 96.1 (February 2010), 11-25.
KPB3/21 2012
Earthlines, issue 3; includes “Out of the marvellous” by
Katrina Porteous (originally broadcast Radio 3,
The essay March 2010).
KPB 027 2014
Old Seahouses,
Katrina Porteous (Catrine: Stenlake Publishing, 2014)
Northumbrian dialectKPB 006 1999
The wund an' the wetter. A Northumbrian poem by
Katrina Porteous ; smallpipe music, Chris Ormston (North Shields, Northumberland: Iron Press, 1999)
KPB4/1 1999
Flyer for
The wund an' the wetter.
KPB4/2-4 1999
Review of
The wund an' the wetter and ensuing correspondence in Northumberland gazette; review in Northern review.
KPB4/5-71 2000
Tam Lin, words by
Katrina Porteous and music by Alistair Anderson. Musical theatre piece in Northumbrian dialect, based on the Border Ballad. Book only, without score. With revised final scene.
KPB4/72-73 July 2000
Programme for first perfomance of
Tam Lin by Bedlingtonshire Community Youth Theatre
KPB4/74-75 14 October 2000
Flyer and programme for performance of
Tam Lin at Northumberland College Theatre, Ashington, as part of the 5th Northumberland Traditional Music Festival.
KPB4/76 October 2000
Programme for 5th Northumberland Traditional Music Festival.
KPB4/77-129 1990-2006
“Words used by North Northumbrian fishermen and their families” compiled by
Katrina Porteous 1990-96 and annotated by Beadnell fisherman John Dixon around 2006.
Printed without annotations as appendix 1 of Griffiths, Bill,
Fishing and folk ... (Newcastle upon Tyne: Northumbria University Press, 2008)
KPB 017 2008
Fishing and folk: life and dialect on the North Sea coast, compiled by Bill Griffiths (Newcastle upon Tyne: Northumbria University Press, 2008), annotated by
Katrina Porteous . Her “Words used
by North Northumbrian fishermen and their families” is appendix 1.
1v
KPB4/130-143 June 2006 - April 2007
Email correspondence between
Katrina Porteous and Bill Griffiths about the use of
“Words used by North Northumbrian fishermen and their families” in
Fishing and folk ....
KPB4/144-148 [2007?]
Glossary of dialect words used in
The wund an' the wetter
KPB4/149-150 2008
Letter from
Katrina Porteous to Andrew Peden Smith, Northumbria University Press about progress with
Fishing and folk .... Note on compliment slip from Smith to
Katrina Porteous .
KPB4/151 October 2008
Printout of open letter by
Katrina Porteous on her website to Tyne Tees news regretting their coverage of
Fishing and folk on 7 October.
KPB4/152 15 October 2008
Letter from
Katrina Porteous published in
The journal regretting the coverage of
Fishing and folk by Tyne Tees news.
KPB4/153 November 2008
Minutes of The Coble and Keelboat Society including section by
Katrina Porteous regretting coverage of
Fishing and folk by Tyne Tees news.
KPB4/154-157 2009
Photocopy of review by
Katrina Porteous of
Fishing and folk ... from
North east history 40, 140-47
KPB4/158 2 May 2009
Minutes of 27th AGM of the Northumbrian Language Society.
KPB4/159-160 Autumn/Winter 2012
The Northumbrian Language Society members newsletter, number 83.
KPB 2011
Aa'd Northumbrian words (Alnwick : Barter Books). Poster of dialect words.
Size: 59 x 42 cm
KPB 028 2013
Dialect poetry, edited & compiled by Les Merton (Redruth: Palores Publications, 2013). Includes a Northumbrian version by
Katrina Porteous of the hymn, “Eternal father, strong to
save”.
Limekilns and lobsterpotsKPB11/1 20 November 2012
Proof copy of
Limekilns and lobsterpots. A walk around old Beadnell by
Katrina Porteous (Jardine Press, 2012), marked up with corrections.
KPB 022 2013
Limekilns and lobsterpots. A walk around old Beadnell by
Katrina Porteous (Wivenhoe: Jardine Press).
KPB11/2-4 January 2013
Newspaper cuttings from
Berwick advertiser and Northumberland gazette reporting the launch of Limekilns and lobsterpots.
Miscellaneous poetryKPB12/1 1994
Leaflet for Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth, which prints
“All changed” by
Katrina Porteous (written 4 May 1993).
KPB12/2 1997
Poster produced by Northumberland County Council Amenities Division advocating poetry in their public libraries, featuring a photograph by Simon Veit-Wilson and
“The word roads” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB12/3 1998
Postcard promoting
Field days, an anthology of poetry published by Common Ground, featuring “Skylark” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB12/4 February 1998
CD recording of
“Weather words”, written and produced by
Katrina Porteous on a BBC course "Write out loud" held at Lumb Bank.
KPB12/5-6 19 February 1998
Letter from sound engineer on "Write out loud" course commending
Katrina Porteous ' piece.
KPB12/7 2000
Red herring, no. 8 (MidNAG), poetry leaflet, including “Horizon” by
Katrina Porteous used in the film
Village by the sea (Seahouses Development Trust's
Millennium video).
KPB 024 2001
BON (Book of the North). Multimedia CD-ROM produced by New Writing North featuring work by Chaz Brenchley, Andrew Crumey, Julia Darling, Linda France, W N Herbert, Keith Morris, Sean O'Brien, Bridget O'Connor,
Katrina
Porteous , Mark Robinson, Alan Smith and Margaret Wilkinson (ISBN 0954145607).
Includes “The dark passages”, “Sedimentary”, “Song of the dead
men”, “Song of the bowse”, “The smiddy widow” and “The living”.
A Windows 95 based CD-ROM using Quicktime and Shockwave.
CD-ROM
KPB12/11-14 2005
“Late blackbird”, poem commissioned for Radio 4 White nights series
KPB 007 2005
Tweed Rivers New writing and art inspired by the rivers of the Tweed catchment, edited by Ken Cockburn and James Carter (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2005). Sections Tweed: source - Peebles, Tweed: Peebles - Coldstream and
Tweed: Coldstream to Berwick; text by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB21/1-6 28 May and 6 July 2004
Two letters from James Carter about scope of commission for
Tweed Rivers
KPB21/7-88 September 2004
Typescript notes summarising research work done in preparation for
Tweed Rivers.
KPB21/89-181 September - October 2004
Early drafts of verse sections of
Tweed Rivers.
KPB21/182-289 29 September; 5 October; 6 October; 15 October; 17 October 2004
Dated drafts of verse sections of
Tweed Rivers.
KPB21/290-313 January/February 2010
Revisions of
Tweed.
KPB21/314-351 February 2010
Letter from Katrina Porteus to, and reply from Nicholas Baumfield, Morpeth, about revising
Tweed (eventually for publication in Two countries in 2013) with typescript long and short versions of the poem with both their pencil annotations to the long version.
KPB21/352-355 February 2010
Letter from Chris Preddle, Holmfirth, to Katrina Porteus about revising
Tweed.
KPB21/356-371 October 2013
Revised typescript version of
Tweed in the light of comments by Baumfield and Preddle.
KPB12/8 May 2006
Culture, supplement to
The journal, including feature on publication of anthology
North by north-east and printing “The sea
inside” by
Katrina Porteous from it.
KPB 019 2006
Caiete internationale de poezie, 7 (Norcross [Georgia, USA], Criterion). Includes interview with
Katrina Porteous and “The sea inside”, “Decommissioning”, “The lost music”, “The pigeon men”, “The pitman's boot”, “Seven
silences”.
KPB12/9 2006
Castles, woods & water. Morpeth, Mitford & Bothal. brochure promoting outdoor activity in the area, published by Morpeth Borough Council. Includes “The green corridor”, by
Katrina Porteous (commissioned for this).
KPB 020 2008
Pendulum: the poetry of dreams. An anthology of modern verse (Totterdown: Avalanche). Includes “Alnmouth”, “Windmill Steads”,
“Holy Island arch”, “Shanky”, “The fulmar”, “Dunstanburgh” [excerpt], “To the
blacksmith” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB12/15-16 30 January 2000
Draft of
“To the blacksmith”
KPB 021 2008
Markings (Kirkcudbright: Markings) no. 26. Includes “A short history of Bamburgh” and “Stinky” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB12/10 2010
Print of a pen and ink drawing by
Katrina Porteous that accompanied
“Splicing rope”, printed in
Other voices of the British Isles 1840-1940 (Halstead: Happy Dragons Press).
KPB 023 2011
KJV. Old text - new poetry (Wivenhoe: Wivenbooks), including “The street of the old translators” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 013 2012
Entanglements: new ecopoetry (Isle of Lewis: Two Ravens Press), including “The whale”, by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 030 2012
Seductive harmonies: the poetry of music, edited by Deborah Gaye (England: Avalanche Books, 2012). Includes “Scottish Baronial” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 025 Spring 2013
Poetry review, volume 103:1; includes “It will pass” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 031 2013
Running before the wind: poems about the sea, edited by Joy Howard (Keighley, West Yorkshire: Grey Hen, 2013). Includes “Alnmouth”, “Hermit crab”,
“Cathy” and “The sea inside” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 036 2014
Transitions: poems about the seasons, edited by Joy Howard (Keighley, West Yorkshire: Grey Hen Press, 2014). Includes “The south boat” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 037 2014
Shades of meaning: poems about colours, edited by Joy Howard (Keighley, West Yorkshire: Grey Hen Press, 2014). Includes “Never the same blue twice” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 038 2015
Wordstrokes The poetry of art edited by Deborah Gaye (Bristol: Avalanche Books, 2016). Includes “Engine of history” and “Roast peppers” by
Katrina
Porteous .
KPB 035 2016
Woven landscapes edited by Roselle Angwin (Bristol: Avalanche Books, 2016). Includes “Electromagnetism”, “Gravity”, “Frequency splitting”, “Aurora”, “Moon”, “Passage migrants”, “Space telescope” and
“Intertidal” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB 040 2016
Follow the sun A selection of words and pictures by local people to celebrate the bicentenary of the Stephensons' sundial at Killingworth, compiled and edited by Keith Armstrong and Peter Dixon (Whitley Bay: Northern
Voices Community Projects, 2016). Includes “Observatory” by
Katrina Porteous , p.11.
Miscellaneous proseKPB13/1 27 October 1988
“Waiting for the bus to come”, article by
Katrina Porteous in
The Guardian on the impact of deregulation on the rural bus service in Northumberland.
KPB13/2 28 February 1989
“A different kind of loving”, short story by
Katrina Porteous in
Woman magazine.
KPB13/3 July/August 1994
The Page, arts supplement to
The Northern Echo, including “Frail vessels” an interview by
Katrina Porteous with Laetitia Yhap on her work maritime
painting at Hastings.
KPB13/4 1998
Fifty contemporary poetry books, compiled by Ellen Pheathan for Gateshead Libraries as part of the National Year of Reading (includes contribution by
Katrina Porteous ).
KPB13/5 Autumn 2003
Poetry news, including article by
Katrina Porteous “Radical nostalgia: top ten poems of Britain for National Poetry Day”.
KPB13/6 2004
Photocopy extract from
The hidden hall. Portrait of a college (Third Millenium), in which
Katrina Porteous gives an account of her experience as an undergraduate at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
KPB13/7 2009
Olivia Lomenech Gill. Brochure for exhibition of her work at the Duncan Campbell Gallery, Kensington, including an appreciation of her work “A daily life in fairytales” by
Katrina
Porteous .
KPB13/11/1-3 2 July 2013
“A rose with many centres”. Brochure for exhibition of her work at the Duncan Campbell Gallery, Kensington, including an appreciation of her work “A daily life in fairytales” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB13/9/1-7 20 June 2016
“The Reading room, Beadnell” by
Katrina Porteous , printout of blog entry from CITiZAN website about a hut at Beadnell.
KPB13/10/1-8 August 2016
Interview between Jake Campbell and
Katrina Porteous , including her poem
“Sandylowper”; printout from Prac Crit website.
KPB13/8 November 2016
Earthlines issue 16, including article “Long Nanny Burn” by
Katrina Porteous , 60-64.
KPB 033/1-4 2016-2017
The Cheviot A North Northumberland miscellany Issued 3 times a year, nos.1-4.
InterviewsKPB14/1 15 February 2003
“Distant voices, still lives”, interview with
Katrina Porteous by Alan Franks in
The Times magazine.
KPB14/2-13 17 January 2003
Transcript of an interview with
Katrina Porteous by Joyce Hodgson in her research for
Dynamic memory: the long poem and the poetics of autobiography (Lambert: 2009). On Northern speech and dialect, Basil Bunting, music and poetry.
KPB14/14-15 Summer 2005
Photocopy of
“
Katrina Porteous on
Katrina Porteous ”, an essay as published in
The Rialto, no. 58.
KPB14/16-23 2006
“Call and response Interview with
Katrina Porteous ” Transcript of interview with
Katrina Porteous by Paul Batchelor for his website “Acknowledged land” about her poetry.
Published online at http://paulbatchelor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/porteousinterview.pdf.
KPB14/24-28 2009
Transcript of interview with
Katrina Porteous by Angela France for
Iota magazine, about dialect poetry.
KPB 032 2014
Journeys through England in particular. Coasting edited by Sue Clifford & Angela King (London: Saltyard Books, 2014).
Community and education projectsKPB15/1-5 March 1991
Newspaper cuttings from
Alnwick advertiser and
Jamaica Plain gazette about project organised by
Katrina Porteous involving schools in Northumberland and Boston (Massachusetts) writing poems about the Gulf War;
letter to
Katrina Porteous from the Head of English, English High School, Jamaica Plain, Boston, thanking her for her work there.
KPB15/6-7 October 1995
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings reporting
Katrina Porteous ' residency on the Northumberland County Council mobile library for National Poetry Day 1995.
KPB15/8-20 1996
“A Wansbeck journey. From source to sea - a series of vocal events February - June 1996”. Press pack to publicise
Morpeth in flood, a musical work about the floods of 1963 sponsored by
20,000 Voices and MidNAG, performed by students of King Edward VI High School, Chantry County Middle School, Newminster County Middle School and Rothbury Thomlinson's Middle School, created by Alistair Anderson and
Katrina Porteous .
KPB15/21 1996
Score for
Morpeth in flood.
KPB15/22 March 1996
Northern review, with article “Flooding Morpeth with music” about the Morpeth in flood project.
KPB15/23 1997
Red herring no. 4 (MidNAG), including “Lynemouth Beach” by students of Blyth Ridley High School with
Katrina Porteous . Written during work on a film-poem “On
Lynemouth Beach” by Tony Glover and
Katrina Porteous .
KPB15/24 25 September 1998
Cutting from
St Ives Times & Echo and Hayle Times reviewing performance by
Katrina Porteous at the Salthouse Gallery during the St Ives Festival.
KPB15/25 20 November 1998
Article in
St Ives Times & Echo by
Katrina Porteous on her work developing poetry writing with Newlyn schools.
KPB15/26 1999
Cowboy Poetry Gathering, programme of events at the festival at Elko, Nevada, 23-30 January 1999, including article by
Katrina Porteous “Cattle thieves and shepherd laddies”.
KPB15/27 April 1999
Photocopy of article by
Katrina Porteous in
Northern Review, “Where the North's tradition meets cowboy culture” giving an account of her visit to the Cowboy Poetry Gathering with Allan Wood and Graham Dick.
KPB15/28 2000
Account of visit by Joel Nelson, cowboy poet from Texas, to the Coquet Valley as part of the Poetry Society's Poetry Places scheme.
KPB15/29 1999
“Seaham Harbour poetry project”, poems produced by children at schools in Seaham during sessions run by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB15/30 2001
“Seaham Harbour Coastal centre poetry project”, poems produced by children at schools in Seaham and Peterlee during sessions run by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB15/31 Autumn 2001
Writing in education, no. 24 (National Association of Writers in Education), including article on working with primary schools, “Play, pleasure and passion: approaching non-fiction through
poetry” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB15/32-34 2001
Letter of invitation to “Writing together” seminar and
“Writing at the coalface”, an account by
Katrina Porteous of working at Kramel First School, Cramlington given at the seminar.
Shetland residency 1996-97KPB16/1-2 1997
Photocopy of report on
Katrina Porteous ' six month writer in residency in
Shetland Arts Trust report
KPB16/3 September 1997
Shetland life, no. 203; magazine, including “If stones could speak”, a diary account by
Katrina Porteous of work with schools and four poems by pupils.
KPB16/4-6 [1997]
Typescript account by
Katrina Porteous of her work in Shetland schools as writer in residence.
KPB16/12-13 1996-1997
Three Shetland poems by
Katrina Porteous (typescript):
“The south boat”, “Lunnaness”, “The hill at Skaw”.
KPB16/7 Summer 1997
The new Shetlander, no. 200; includes “Writing poems with Shetland schoolchildren” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB16/8 Autumn 1997
The new Shetlander, no. 201; includes poems written by pupils of various Shetland schools lead by
Katrina Porteous , and review of
The lost music.
KPB16/9 Winter 1998
Shelf life. News and information about books, authors and illustrators for young people in Scotland, issue 9; including article “Unknowable landscapes”, an account by
Katrina Porteous
of working in Shetland schools and the creation of a National Poetry Day postcard.
KPB16/10 8 October 1998
“The sea”. Postcard poem created by pupils of Skerries School, Shetland and
Katrina Porteous ; no. 8 in a series of 8 to mark National Poetry Day.
KPB 024 2005
100 island poems of Great Britain and Ireland, ed. James Knox Whittet (Cullercoats: Iron Press). Includes “Foula Auld Yule 6th January” and “Foula New Year
13th January” by
Katrina Porteous , and “I found” and “Seasons on Foula” written by pupils with the assistance of
Katrina Porteous .
KPB16/11 24 February 2006
Flyer for tour of readings to publicise
100 island poems ...: reading by
Katrina Porteous and Joan Hewitt at St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay.
Events and miscellaneousKPB17/1-3 30 December 1988 - 18 February 1990
Photocopied press cuttings from
The Evening chronicle about their 1988 poetry competition, including summary by a judge, Neil Astley,
Katrina Porteous ' “Gone again” (a prize winner), correspondence about the poems
and a report of the prize winners' reading event at the Literary and Philosopical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne.
KPB17/4 [1989]
Photocopy of article in
Berwick advertiser about
Katrina Porteous and her winning the Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors.
KPB17/5 6-21 October 2001
Programme for 6th Northumberland Music Festival, including
“Pipe and poetry recital” by
Katrina Porteous and Chris Ormston, and Keith Armstrong and Sue Dunne, and lecture by
Katrina Porteous on Fred Reed of Ashington.
KPB17/6 1 July 2002
“Unique Northumberland”, programme of entertainment staged for the Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, and printing “Longstone Light” by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB17/7 2002
Poetrycircus bookmark, publicising events at the BALTIC, Gateshead, including ballad & source, 5 September, with
Katrina Porteous , Chris Ormston, Vicky Feaver and Maggie O'Sullivan.
KPB17/8 September 2002
St Ives Festival of Music and Arts programme; includes reading by
Katrina Porteous at Salthouse Gallery, 11 September.
KPB17/9 January 2003
“Poetry live in Leicester”; programme of readings including
Katrina Porteous (10 January).
KPB17/10 2003
The Arts Foundation
Awards 2003 shortlist; includes excerpt from “The pigeon men” (
Katrina Porteous shortlisted, and won Arts Foundation Award for Poetry).
KPB17/11 April 2004
A4 poster for poetry readings in Prague, 19 and 21 April, by Keith Armstrong and
Katrina Porteous .
KPB17/12 21-23 October 2004
“Live literature in Lincolnshire”; flyer for “Poetry and pipes” events with
Katrina Porteous and Chris Ormston
KPB17/13 29 April 2005
“Poetry next-the-sea”. Programme for poetry festival at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, including reading by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB17/14-15 Spring/Summer 2006
Common Ground
Particular news newsletter.
KPB17/16 August - October 2008
Gael force. Programme of arts events in Dumfries and Galloway, including reading by
Katrina Porteous at the Bakehouse, Gatehouse of Fleet, 27 September.
KPB17/17 2009
Explore ... Events programme for Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, including walks “Kippers chippings and a wartime secret”, (Craster);
“Limekilns and lobsterpots” (Beadnell) and “Harbours and herring girls” (Seahouses) led by Harry Beamish and
Katrina Porteous .
KPB17/18 May - June 2010
Sage Gateshead events diary, including
“Folken word” on the connections between folk music and words, at which
Katrina Porteous performed with Alistair Anderson.
KPB17/19 18 July 2010
Festival of British Archaeology poster for
“Limekilns and lobsterpots”, walk at Beadnell led by Harry Beamish and
Katrina Porteous .
KPB17/20 September - November 2010
Page turner. What's on in Newcastle libraries; programme, including National Poetry Day event with
Katrina Porteous .
KPB17/21 5-7 November 2010
Programme for Radio 3 Free thinking festival of ideas at the Sage, Gateshead; including
The verb, broadcast 12 November, with performance by
Katrina Porteous .
KPB17/22 14 January 2011
“Programme of events to celebrate 30 years of the Berwick Record Office”, including “Bednelfysch and gode red herring”, a talk by
Katrina Porteous on Northumberland fishing
history.
KPB17/41 7 July 2011
Script/schedule for performance at Ledbury Poetry Festival
KPB17/23 June/July 2012
The ambler. Amble's community newspaper, no. 75; including an account of Fiona Shaw's installation for the Cultural Olympiad, “Peace camp” at Dunstanburgh Castle.
KPB17/42-52 21 February 2014
Script for
Wheer d'ye belang (episode 1), Katirna Porteous on the Northumberland hills and borderlands, broadcast on Radio 4.
KPB17/26 February 2014
Coast weekend arts & entertainment, programme for 2014 FisherPoets gathering (Astoria, Oregon) 21-23 February 2014.
KPB17/27 24 February 2014
The daily Astorian, reporting on the 2014 FisherPoets gathering with article on Katrina Porteus.
KPB17/28 3 May 2014
Cutting from
The journal reporting Katrina Porteus' appearance at FisherPoets.
KPB17/29 4 May 2014
Printout of BBC IPlayer page for
“The Fisher Poets gathering”, broadcast by
Katrina Porteous on Radio 4.
KPB17/30-36 Winter 2014/15
Photocopy from The Coble & Keelboat Society
Journal number 42 of report by Katrina Porteus on 2014 FisherPoets gathering.
KPB17/37-38 30 March 2014
Printout of BBC IPlayer page for
“Ask me - The poetry of William Stafford”, broadcast by
Katrina Porteous on Radio 4.
KPB 039 2015
English junior certificate higher level, (Castleisland, Co. Kerry: Educate.ie, [2015]). Includes “Fulmar” by
Katrina Porteous , p.60.
KPB17/24 November 2015
Place and belonging, programme for 7th annual New Networks for Nature Event (12-14 November 2015, Stamford Arts Centre), with flyer; includes “Sandylowper” by Katrina Porteus.
KPB17/25 November 2015
“Nature matters In touch with the wild”, programme for New Networks for Nature conference (22-24 September 2015, Cambridge Conservation Initiative); includes workshop on sound and landscape by Katrina Porteus.
KPB17/40 5 December 2016
The New Yorker, with article “The teacher” by James Wood, an account of his mother (a teacher at Durham High School) and his correspondence with
Katrina Porteous who had been a pupil
of hers.
KPB17/39 February 2017
Coast weekend arts & entertainment, programme for 2017 FisherPoets gathering (Astoria, Oregon) 24-26 February 2017.
Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee
One of 12 regional committees established in 1890 to manage inshore fisheries, the committee covered the coast from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed. These records were collected by
Katrina Porteous in the course of her research into local fishing
in North Northumberland.
KPB18/1-79 1925-1952
Fishery officers' quarterly reports to the committee, September 1925 - September 1926; 1932 - April 1952, summarising fishing activity and catch statistics. The fishery officers were William Douglas (northern area), Harry Taylor (southern area to
1939), William Handyside (southern area 1939 onwards).
KPB18/80-84 1947-1948
Minutes of meetings and reports of watch and finance committees, 15 April 1947; 15 July 1947; 21 October 1947; 20 January 1948; 20 July 1948.
KPB18/85 1948
Report from meeting of Association of Sea Fisheries Committees 23 July 1948
KPB18/86-137 1924-1948
Copies of statements submitted in evidence during prosecutions for illegal fishing activity, giving detailed accounts of events, by William Douglas, Harry Taylor and others accompanying them, 1924-1940; 1948.
KPB18/138 [1932]
Copy statement by William Douglas on current opinion regarding seine net fishing to inform possible revision of bye-law.
KPB18/139 31 July 1935
Copy statement regarding mussel bait supplies.
KPB18/140 [1930s?]
Pencil notes of catch values 1918, 1919 1931.
1f
KPB18/141 4 March 1943
Letter from North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee, Beverley, about illegal crabs supplied from Seahouses.
1f
KPB18/142 [1950s?]
Printed copy of
Northumberland Sea Fisheries District. Bye-laws in force.
15p
KPB18/143 1957
Agenda for meeting of Northumberland Inshore Fishermen's Federation, 21 September 1957.
KPB18/144 1971
Notification and copy of
“Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923. Northumbrian River Authority (limitation of net licences) order 1971”.
