WHO
We are
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A family of artists who first saw this site in 1998. Passionate about art and conservation we saw the potential to create something vibrant in this once abandoned and derelict land. We were advised by many to leave it abandoned! We decided to see what could be made here with our combined skills and the help of our freinds.
Christopher Bacon
Christopher BA hons. Fine Art MPhiL
Printmaker & Painter
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Teacher of art in a previous life
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Anne Bacon
Anne DIP AD Fine Art.
PG Conservation of Paintings
Painter

Head of painting conservation
at Northumbria University
in a previous life
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Rachael Tyler Bacon
Rachael BA hons. Fine Art
QEST Printmaking Scholarship

Sculptor / Painter / Printmaker
Charlotte Bacon
Charlotte MA hons. Liesure & Tourism
Graphic Designer
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Leisure & Tourism background
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Allen Mill Project, give grateful thanks
for all the help and support given to the project by:
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DEFRA/ONE NORTH EAST
Northumberland Strategic Partnership
Robert Lewis & Co., Swinburne & Jackson (Solicitors)
Neale Saul (Chartered Architect)
Lloyds Bank
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Private Benefactors: Mr and Mrs Koranteng.
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To all the local companies and workers who have contributed to the success of the project.
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Many thanks to Chad Hodgson and Rachael Tyler-Bacon for photography and web content.

Thanks also to Mrs Charlotte Bacon for her energy and vision and work at the start of the project.