Est. 1967 · Britain’s oldest regional labour history society
north east labour history society
Labour, trade union, women, ethnic diversity, culture and environmental activism.
Decades of North East working-class history, free to explore — recorded voices, a searchable database, our journal, biographies, book reviews and more. New to the Society? There’s much to discover here.
Sixty recorded life stories of working people across the Trades Union, Labour and Co-operative movements.
Listen & read →02A local-history database of some 900 topics, built by our Popular Politics Project — radical and popular politics from the 17th century to today.
Search the archive →03Our annual journal, published since 1967 — original research, articles and memories.
Read the journal →04Appreciations and obituaries of people active in the region’s radical and labour movement.
Browse the lives →Book reviews and other publications from the Society.
View →Talks, meetings, lectures and screenings across the region.
View →The Sid Chaplin Labour History Trophy and its past winners.
View →A directory of other labour-history resources and organisations.
View →The Society’s 50th-anniversary calendar of events.
View →Other items of general interest from the Society’s archive.
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