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Trailblazers by Periplum

Celebrating Tees Valley women as innovators, activists, workers and adventurers. These are the Trailblazers - their stories, their lived experience, their words.

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Episode 7: Maureen Richardson by Chris Corbett, Teesside Archives

Episode 7

September 02, 2025

Episode 7: Maureen Richardson by Chris Corbett, Teesside Archives

Middlesbrough-based Maureen Richardson was one of a kind - an early environmental campaigner and one-woman protest movement. Here, Chris Corbett, Community Engagement Officer at...

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Episode 8: Ellie Lowther, Trans Educator and Founder of the Free to be Me Project

Episode 8

September 02, 2025

Episode 8: Ellie Lowther, Trans Educator and Founder of the Free to be Me Project

Ellie - full name Elisha Rosemary Lowther - is founder of the Free to be Me project in Stockton and a Fellow of the...

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Episode 9: Sarah Bullock, Environmental Scientist

Episode 9

September 02, 2025

Episode 9: Sarah Bullock, Environmental Scientist

Environmental Scientist Sarah talks about the impact of contaminated land on communities in former industrial areas as well as how her work in regenerating...

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Episode 10: Lucy Bentley, Operations Manager at Cornerhouse Youth Project

Episode 10

September 02, 2025

Episode 10: Lucy Bentley, Operations Manager at Cornerhouse Youth Project

In a frank and fearless interview, youth worker Lucy recounts her upbringing in Yarm, her early love of writing, reading and sports, and her...

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Episode 11: Sylvia Unthank, Animal Rescuer and Equestrian

Episode 11

September 02, 2025

Episode 11: Sylvia Unthank, Animal Rescuer and Equestrian

Born in 1937, Sylvia recalls moments from a remarkable life full of fearless adventure and a love of animals.  She remembers taking dance classes...

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Episode 12: Clare, Campaigner for Parent-Carer Rights

Episode 12

September 02, 2025

Episode 12: Clare, Campaigner for Parent-Carer Rights

Clare’s life was transformed after becoming the adoptive mother of 3 children with special needs. She left her vocation as a nurse in London...

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