The Geordie National Anthem "The Blaydon Races" was never written written as a song. The writer Geordie Ridley of Gateshead wrote it as a poem, the tune had nothing to do with Geordie Land.
Hear this amazing story of how it all came about and the first ever recording by the man from Byker who made the first ever recording of the "Blaydon Races".
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