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About Tommy Armstrong
Thomas Armstrong (1848–1920), known as Tommy Armstrong, was an English poet, singer-songwriter and entertainer dubbed "The Pitman Poet" and "The Bard of the Northern Coalfield". Writing largely in the Geordie and Pitmatic dialects, he was renowned for his ability to chronicle the lives of the mining communities in and around Stanley in County Durham and to commemorate mining disasters.
Everything about Tommy Armstrong →- Occupation
- songwriter, singer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 15, 1848, 1848
- Died
- August 30, 1920, 1920