Sunderland Community Lectures 2019
Why waste a day in the house? Woodwork paints itself if you leave it long enough….Your son will do the ironing….Gardens benefit from neglect and abandonment….Someone else will do the […]
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Events
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University of Sunderland's Sir Tom Cowie Lecture Theatre St Peter's Way, Sunderland
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Newcastle City Library: The North East of England African Association presents The Windrush Story with Music & Poetry
Bewick Hall Newcastle City Library, Newcastle upon TyneOpened by Chi Onwurah MP Performance by Khadijah Ibrahim (Author & Poet) Presentation by Edwina Forde & Dr Prevatt Goldstein Includes refreshments – bookings at info.neeaca@gmail.com
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Newcastle City Library, Book Launch: Tyneside Song From Blind Willie to Bobby Nunn
Bewick Hall Newcastle City Library, Newcastle upon TyneDear friend and colleagues, As many of you will know, Blind Willie Purvis was the earliest-known named vernacular songwriter in Newcastle, and he became an iconic figure among middle-class people […]
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NELHS Second Tuesday at Redhills: Huw Beynon will speak on “‘The Little Dictator’ and ‘The Three Musketeers’: The NUM Durham Area at a time of Nationalisation and Cold War”
The Miners' Hall, Redhills, Durham Flass Street, Durham CityIn 1937 Orwell visited a coal mine in Lancashire and was exhausted by the time he had walked to the coal face. He marvelled at the endurance of the miners […]
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St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle: Commemoration of the 1995 Bosnian Genocide
St Nicholas Cathedral St. Nicholas Sq, Newcastle upon TyneFrom Smajo Beso of Newcastle’s Bosnian Community You are warmly invited to Newcastle’s St Nicholas Cathedral on Thursday 11 July at 6.30pm to remember the victims and survivors of the […]
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St Anne’s Church, Newcastle: Mike Greatbach will talk about Life and Labour at St Anne’s c1760-1840
St Anne's Church Breamish Street, Newcastle upon TyneThe Church is situated between Breamish Street and City Road. The main entrance is on Breamish Street where there is on-street parking.
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Winlaton Mill: Val Scully will talk about her novel Molly Bowes and the aftermath of Peterloo
Cafe Shrub, Land of Oak and Iron Heritage Centre Spa Well Road, Winlaton Mill, Blaydon on Tyne£12.50 -
Tyneside Irish Centre: Peter Coe’s The Road to Peterloo
Tyneside Irish Centre 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomThis is the story of the Peterloo Massacre told through many of the ballads that were written at the time, please book at https://peterloo.eventbrite.co.uk There is also a guided walk […]
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NELHS First Tuesday: Val Scully will talk about Writing Historical Fiction in the North East
Old George Inn Old George Yard, NewcastleIn this illustrated talk, Val will describe researching for her two novels set in the North East: My Name is Eleanor and Molly Bowes. Having begun with eighteenth-century Gibside, her […]
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Saint Ann’s Church Gateshead: Peter Wright will talk about The History of the River Tyne Water Trades
St Ann's Church The Vicarage, 11 Gibson Street, Newcastle upon TyneThe Vicarage 11 Gibson Street Newcastle upon Tyne