Journal Articles and Memories on the 1926 General Strike
To mark the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, we have uploaded a number of articles that have been published in our Journal on the subject. Much of the material […]
Volume 56, 2025, of North East History Now Avalable
It was sixty years ago today… The 1761 Hexam Riot Pit Elegies and Ballads Coal Face: Exegesis The North East Heritage Library: and Interview with Kieran Carter Power to all […]
North East Labour History Society Founder’s Award
The Founder’s Award is made annually in memory of our late President Archie Potts. It is awarded to an organisation, society or group within the region which has, through engagement […]
Battle of Stockton Campaign Group. Winners of the inaugural Archie Potts Founder’s Award
Congratulations to the Battle of Stockton Campaign Group which has won the inaugural Archie Potts founders’ Award. There were five excellent submissions for the award, and Stockton’s was successful. Many […]
New Articles and Reports on This Site
We have recently added a couple of new articles on our Articles and Reports Page: So Much has been Lost; Change and Continuity; the NUT in 1970 and the NEU […]
Fifteen Past Issues of the Society’s Journal Now Available on this Website
You can now download the whole of issue 1 (1967) and issues 36 (2005) though to 49 (2018) from our Journal pages. This is the first fruit of a decision […]
Matvei Fischer, a Newcastle Old Bolshevik – Paper by David Saunders
For those few of you who didn’t make it Professor David Saunders’ terrific Jubilee talk on 7 November 2017 about Matvei Fischer and his son Rudolf Abel (he of “Bridge […]
Harry Barnes’ Easington Blog
Harry Barnes was Labour M.P. North East Derbyshire 1987-2005. He has been building a blog since 2006 and one of its threads is about Easington and Easington Colliery. There is […]
Sixty Personal Histories of North East People Now Available on this Website
The North East Labour History Society is pleased to announce that it has published transcripts of the personal memories of sixty people from the North East. You can find these […]