Newcastle City Library. Holocaust Memorial Day: The Fragility of Freedom
From Peter Sagar You are invited to a special event to mark the week of Holocaust Memorial Day, on Tuesday 23rd January from 5.30 - 7.00pm at the Bewick Room on […]
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Bewick Hall Newcastle City Library, Newcastle upon Tyne
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NELH First Tuesday: Don Watson will talk about Campaigns Around Poverty and Health in the 1930s
ZoomJoin Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89693537082?pwd=LzdXdWJFMjBFZE5xM3hkQjlrZ3VJQT09 Meeting ID: 896 9353 7082 Passcode: 041875 During the 1930s loose networks of scientists, doctors and activists sought to galvanize public opinion and pressure the government […]
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Durham City: An invite is extended to all members of NELHS to attend the National Women Against Pit Closures 40th Anniversary March
Palace Green Durham Cathedral, DurhamThe parade of banners will assemble at Palace Green (Cathedral) at 12.30 where we will sing the Women’s Song and the Riverside Brass Band will play Gresford and at 1pm we will […]
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South Shields: The Cramlington Train Wreckers & The Role Of Women In The 1926 And 1984/85 Miners’ Strikes
The Word 45 Market Place, South ShieldsOn March 10, 1926, seven days into the General Strike, striking miners uncoupled a rail on the main line from London to Edinburgh. Their intention was to derail a coal […]
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NELH Tuesday Meeting: Heather Wood, Just A Pit Lass, an account of growing up and living in Easington Colliery
ZoomJoin Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83987112493?pwd=SDlHN3JCUTgxQ0JlckhoaDRrd1NKUT09 Meeting ID: 839 8711 2493 Passcode: 768850 Born and raised in Easington, the daughter of a miner and from a family of strong working class women, […]
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NELH Tuesday Meeting: John Griffiths, Washington: Crocodiles and Cows, Sixty Years of a New Town
ZoomJoin Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84338306591?pwd=MnRVL3JRc1QrNzNQUkhVVFh2TmlRUT09 Meeting ID: 843 3830 6591 Passcode: 953770 Washington New Town was ‘designated’ for development in 1964, part of a second wave of New Towns to be […]
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Society of Antiquaries (Newcastle): North East Miners’ Banners
Lecture Theatre 2 Herschel Building, Claremont road, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon TyneFrom Sue Ward Please join us for the April meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne on Wednesday 24 April at 6.00pm in the Lecture Theatre 2, […]
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South Tyneside Trades Council May Day Rally & Celebration
Alberta Social Club Railway Street, JarrowFrom Paul Mayne This will be held on Wednesday 1 May at the Alberta Social Club, Railway Street, Jarrow NE32 5HW. The speaker will be Mick Bowman from the Palestine […]
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NELH Tuesday Meeting: Jake Milner, The ‘Silicon Valley’ of The Green Industrial Revolution. But at what cost? An Oral History of Industrial and Energy Transition on Teesside
ZoomJoin Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83519175419?pwd=K3ducnZQZlNkTVZRVjZiZGUrS1h5Zz09 Meeting ID: 835 1917 5419 Passcode: 382599 My realm of study is the transition from a 'steel culture' on Teesside to a 'Green energy' culture. Essentially […]
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Professor Jim Phillips: Milton Rogovin and the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike
You Tube LivestreamProfessor Jim Phillips of the University of Glasgow will consider the Before & After Coal exhibition to explore the meaning and relevance of the miners' strike 40 years on. Tuesday 4 […]