Erne Parkin of The Healys has written a show "Up The Raw". It premiered in Mull in July 2004 and since then has been performed in Scotland as well as their native North East. It is a dramatic and stirring look at the great strikes in the Durham Coalfield 1844-1892 and the struggle of the miners to survive the lockouts. The Healys 4 piece traditional folk band use the unique humour, language and songs of the time in this lively and entertaining show. To get a flavour of 'Up The Raw' view the clips below, there is a rendition of the Geordie folk song Geordie Black performed by the Healys during the show for you to download for free! Click the images below to view. Please note for the two Quicktime files right click the image and choose "save target as" to save the zipped folder to your hardrive. Opening dialogue from Joe (Quicktime .MOV) Lord Londondery (played by John) speaks to the miners (Quicktime .MOV) John sings Geordie Black, a traditional Geordie folk song (MP3 format)