A commemoration of the dark events of the 1830s & a celebration of the lives of these men, found guilty of conspiracy by a Durham Judge. Sentenced to the penal colonies for life, and transported in irons to Botany Bay, leaving their families behind to fend for themselves.

On Saturday 1 June from 1.00pm, join musicians and singers for music and songs of the Coalfield & River with an address by the esteemed Mr Joseph Waddle at the Jarrow Gin and Ale House, 73 Walter Street, Jarrow NE32 3PQ.

On Sunday 2 June at 9.15 – 10.15am, Wreath Laying and speeches at the Jobling Memorial, Tyne Street, Jarrow NE32 3DX followed by a march led by the Felling Silver Band at 10.30am from Jarrow Town Hall to Drewitts Park.