North East Labour History

Annual General Meeting. There will be refreshments. Presentation of the Sid Chaplin prize This year’s prize is awarded to Abbie Urquhart-Arnold, a student at Newcastle University for her dissertation, “Hark to the agonizing wail”: The Power of Ballads and Elegies in Unveiling the Grief of Widows and their Families following the 1880 Seaham Pit disaster […]

Between Blaydon and Ryton, on the south bank of the Tyne, is a square mile which is astonishingly packed with rich, varied and significant social and industrial history. The area’s surprising international links are not only due to the presence of Joseph Cowen, but also Stella’s place in the history of English Catholicism. Local historian […]

Minnie Pallister – The Voice Of A Rebel Pioneering South Wales ILPer Minnie Pallister was one of the most important feminists, pacifists, socialists and journalists of the 20th century. But her life and legacy have been largely forgotten in recent decades. Author Alun Burge has put that right in his new book, The Voice of […]

You will be interested to know that performances of The Cramlington Train Wreckers, written by Ed Waugh and directed by Russell Floyd, will take place at the Gosforth Civic Theatre on Friday 15 November, 2024 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. And any NELHS member or supporter attending the afternoon performance is most welcome to join us […]

I was born in Ashington, where I lived within view of the colliery shunting yard and a lifelong obsession with railways was born. I did however spend most of my formative years living and working in and around Darlington. In 2012 I redid my GCSE English for fun. I enjoyed it so much I followed […]

Received from Tyne Bridge Publishing I'd like to offer your members free tickets to Andy Beckett's talk on his new book The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain and Their Many Enemies at Newcastle City Library on Thursday 28th of November at 6.30pm. Your members can request a free ticket (worth £5) […]

The Society's Christmas Social will take place this year at the Irish Centre in Newcastle on Tuesday 17 December at 7.00pm, more information in due course.

The banners of the Durham and Northumberland coal miners are an extremely important part of the heritage of the former pit communities of the North-East. Emblazoned across their fabric are images and mottoes which reflect the history of the pitmen and their values. This illustrated talk will throw the spotlight on these wonderful icons of […]

From Peter Sagar This is to invite you a Holocaust Memorial Day event on Thursday 23rd January at the Bewick Hall in Newcastle City Library at 5.30pm and also, to a repeat event at the Community Room in Newcastle West End Library at 3pm on Friday 24th January. The events are remembering the role of […]

This talk by Margaret Bozic explores what life was really like in the North East after the Second World War.  What did we eat, what was the state of the housing, what was the situation of both men and women in the family and society, why were there so many divorces after the War and why […]