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
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NELHS Annual General Meeting, Newcastle Lit & Phil. John Charlton: Stephenson, Spence and Eldon: a fateful triangle. Did climate change start here?
The Lit & Phil 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomGeorge Stephenson Lord Eldon In 2019 the issue of climate change has moved centre stage with the spread internationally of school student strikes and the emergence of Extinction Rebellion. One […]
Bethany Church, Sunderland: The Radical North
Bethany Church Bede Tower, Burdon Road, SunderlandDuring the 200th Anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, the radical tradition of the North East is celebrated at a special event organized by Sunderland Heritage Forum and Sunderland City Council […]
NELHS First Tuesday: Susan Lynn will talk about, Nails, Chains & Revolution, Crowley’s ‘Semi-socialistic experiment’ in 18c Winlaton
Old George Inn Old George Yard, NewcastleCrowley’s works at Winlaton dominated the iron trade in the 18th. Century. Joseph Cowen jnr. said ‘The semi-socialistic experiment of Crowley was interesting both politically & industrially’ and this talk […]
Old Low Light Heritage Centre, North Shields: Exhibition and Events, Breaking Chains, North Shields and Slavery
The Old Low Light Clifford’s Fort, North Shields Fish Quay, North ShieldsThe Breaking Chains Exhibition runs from 3 October to 22 December. Events related to this Exhibition: Sat. & Sun 12th & 13th Oct - Art Work inspired by the exhibition […]
Lit & Phil, Dr John Charlton: The Wind from Peterloo – Newcastle’s great reform demonstration 1819
The Lit & Phil 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomJohn will discuss the situation on Tyne and Wear which led to this enormous demonstration in October 1819 two months after Peterloo. He will raise a number of questions including […]
Berwick Literary Festival
Various venuesInformation available at: https://berwickliteraryfestival.com/ Max Adams – The Viking Wars: War and Peace in King Alfred’s Britain Lindsay Allason-Jones – Roman Woman; Everyday Life in Hadrian’s Britain Linda Bankier and […]
Sage Gateshead 2: The Great Geordie Songbook (Vol 1) with a Tribute to Alan Hull
Sage 2 GatesheadSunday 3 November 2019, 4pm and 8pm Following the huge successes of Mr Corvan's Music Hall, The Great Joe Wilson (both @ Sage Gateshead), Hadaway Harry (London and Newcastle Theatre […]
First Tuesday: Silvie Fisch, Oral History Unit and Collective, Newcastle University on Foodbank Histories
Old George Inn Old George Yard, Newcastle‘Foodbank Histories’ was initiated in 2018 as a collaborative research partnership between the Newcastle West End Foodbank, Northern Cultural Projects CIC, and Newcastle University Oral History Unit & Collective. The […]
Newcastle City Library Exhibition: Enemy Alien, Civilian Internment in the British Empire, 1914-1919
Bewick Hall Newcastle City Library, Newcastle upon TyneClick on image to enlarge