North East Labour History
A special film showing and performance commemorating mining history as part of the Washington 60 celebrations (and of course timed to tie in with the Miners' Gala). Tickets £5 Join […]
Sir Charles Trevelyan of Wallington in Northumberland was a highly successful British Civil Servant who is best remembered in Britain for his involvement in the modernization of the Civil Service. […]
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 […]
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 […]
From Sue Ward An exhibition at the Baltic, Gateshead, until 16 March, Franki Raffles: Photography, Activism, Campaign Works. About a brilliant woman photographer who, among many other things, provided the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]