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The Blacon Oracle - The Forgotten News Desk
The Forgotten News Desk is on a mission! A mission to uncover those gems of news that might otherwise get forgotten.
Earlier this Spring, children at Dee Point Primary School found an unfinished copy of an old local newspaper, The Blacon Oracle. Unbeknown to them, it’s discovery set things in motion at The Forgotten News Desk. Before they, or she, realised it, Viv, Editor of the Forgotten News Desk, was in situ in the playground!
Working together, Dee Point Primary School have saved The Blacon Oracle, and issue 1 can now be found in Blacon Library and Storyhouse, Chester.
Scroll down to see some photos from the Forgotten News Desk’s time at Dee Point Primary, and some examples of the children’s work, or come back in a couple of weeks to hear audio files of the newspaper articles.
Click on the Front Page of The Blacon Oracle to see the newspaper in full
Listen to The Blacon Oracle
Listen to the articles from The Blacon Oracle being read by children from Dee Point Primary School below -
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The Forgotten News Desk has been made possible thanks to funding and support from Arts Council England, Cheshire Community Foundation, Cheshire East Council and the Ragdoll Foundation.