Events

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 […]

In April 1912 the Tyne-built ship Carpathia rescued the bitterly cold and traumatised survivors of the Titanic disaster. In this illustrated talk Newcastle author Ken Smith spotlights the ship's epic story of compassion amid tragedy.

From Judith Green, This year marks the centenary of the disaster which killed 38 men and boys from the local area. To commemorate this, local organisations are holding a remembrance event from 10.30am - 1pm and a memorial service at 2pm at St Margaret's Church, Armstrong Road, Scotswood NE15 6AR on Saturday 29 March.

Headstone for Mary Lyons (from Ed Waugh) As a response to our play Wor Bella, about women's football in WW1, there will be an unveiling of a headstone to Mary Lyons at Jarrow Cemetery on Sunday, April 27 @ 11.30am. See press release below. FORGOTTEN WW1 FEMALE FOOTBALL STAR TO GET A HEADSTONE She died […]

On 10 May 1920, East London dockers made history when they refused to load the Jolly George ship with munitions that were intended to be used against the Bolsheviks in Russia. Their action precipitated a wave of working-class support that effectively forced the British government to abandon their war plans. It has remained a beacon […]

It was 60 years ago in July 1965 that the Region's trade unions planned and put on an Exhibition and Arts Festival. This talk will review just what was on offer and what the reaction was from local people and in the media. It will also reflect on the state of the unions at the […]

From Kath Connolly Education 4 Action are a group of volunteers working to celebrate our mining and union heritage. Amongst other things, we have provided tours of the Miners' Hall at Redhills, organised meetings for major speakers in the week of the Big Meeting as well as developing our schools programme which has been successful […]