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SUMMARY:Newcastle University: Newcastle Antiquaries Conference\, Eighteenth-Century Political Participation and Electoral Culture
DESCRIPTION:From Newcastle Antiquaries \nNewcastle University have announced the programme for their conference on Eighteenth-Century Political Participation and Electoral Culture\, on 7-9 July. This is part of a wider project\, which aims to explore how ordinary people participated in parliamentary elections in England\, from 1695 until the Reform Act of 1832\, run by the University in conjunction with Liverpool University and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Follow this link to register.  \nThe Antiquaries were in at the beginning of this when we digitised our copy of the Poll Book for the Newcastle election of 1780\, and it was then transcribed by a group of volunteers. We have supported the project since then\, and are providing the funds for four £50 travel bursaries for unwaged participants. Closing date for applying for these is 1 May\, and they will be allocated by the Conference organisers.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/newcastle-university-newcastle-antiquaries-conference-eighteenth-century-political-participation-and-electoral-culture/
LOCATION:Old Library Building\, Newcastle University
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220706T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220706T200000
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SUMMARY:Online: Seminar on the History of Trade Union Education
DESCRIPTION:​This seminar will explore the history of Trade Union Education – both learning for activists and broader learning for members. It will discuss current issues and how to shape future Trade Union Learning. \nSpeakers: John Holford (Nottingham University)\, Teresa Donegan (Unison)\, Kevin Rowan (TUC)\, John Lloyd (academic) \nBook here\nOrganised by Professor John Holford\, Nottingham University. \n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/online-seminar-on-history-of-trade-union-education/
LOCATION:Online
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220701T160000
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SUMMARY:Tyneside Irish Centre: Tyneside Irish Brigade Memories Project - 1 July 1916
DESCRIPTION:From Rosie Serdiville: \nTyneside Irish Brigade Memories Project\nWe are all very aware of the 7200 Tyneside Irish who served during World War 1 and\, in particular\, of those who never made it home.   1200 of them died\, many on the first day of the Battle of the Somme – 1st July 1916.  Friends and families were left behind to mourn and to remember. \nFor the past year volunteers of the Tyneside Irish Cultural Society\, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund\, have worked with those families\, researching and recording their memories.   They feature in a new exhibition which has been touring the North East. \nOn Friday 1st July\, it returns to Newcastle.   We plan to celebrate and commemorate at a gathering at Tyneside Irish Centre\, 43 Gallowgate\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 4SG.   The exhibition will be open from 10 – 4\, with a special event taking place at noon. \nIt is\, of course\, the anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme so it is fitting that there should be a short ceremony to mark the occasion.  This will be followed by free refreshments and a chance to meet the volunteers and families. \nWe would be delighted if you would be able to join us.   It would be useful to know if you are coming so we can gauge numbers for catering – just hit the RSVP button below to register or send us an email. \nDo let us know if you can think of anyone else who should be invited. \nRegards\, \nRosie Serdiville \nRSVP here \n\n \nTyneside Irish Cultural Society \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n43 Gallowgate\nNewcastle upon Tyne\nNE1 4SG\n(+44) 0191 261 0385 \n\nwww.tynesideirish.com
URL:https://nelh.net/event/tyneside-irish-centre-tyneside-irish-brigade-memories-project-1-july-1916/
LOCATION:Tyneside Irish Centre\, 43 Gallowgate\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 4SG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220628T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220628T203000
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting: Bob Clay (former MP)\, The Closure of the Sunderland Shipyards and the thwarted Cuban orders
DESCRIPTION:Further details to be added
URL:https://nelh.net/event/tuesday-meeting-bob-clay-former-mp-the-closure-of-the-sunderland-shipyards-and-the-thwarted-cuban-orders/
LOCATION:To be notified
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220625T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220625T120000
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SUMMARY:Rebel Town Festival: Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel - South Entrance.
DESCRIPTION:As attached\, the sixth annual commemoration of turbulent events in Jarrow in the 1830s takes place this Saturday 25 June with particpants asked to assemble by the Pedestrian Tunnel NE32 3PS at 10.30am. \nThe speakers will be Jeremy Corbyn MP\, Kate Osborne MP for Jarrow and Dave Douglass\, Follonsby Miners Lodge Association and former NUM official. Music will be provided by the Felling Silver Band followed by refreshments at the Albion Gin & Ale House.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/tyne-pedestrian-tunnel-south-entrance-jarrow-rebel-town-festival/
LOCATION:Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel – South Entrance\, Jarrow\, NE32 3PS
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220620T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220620T150000
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CREATED:20220502T134051Z
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SUMMARY:The Active Utopian: A Celebration of The Work and Passions of Nigel Todd\, Neville Hall\, Newcastle
DESCRIPTION:Nigel Todd \nFriends and colleagues of Nigel will gather on 20th June to celebrate his life\, his work and most of all his passion for progress\, social justice and lifelong learning. \nNorth of Tyne Mayor\, Jamie Driscoll\, will give the keynote address and there will be local and national speakers from the Workers Education Association\, Co-operative College\, Newcastle City Council\, the Green movement and other parts of Nigel’s life. There will be music\, a slide show from his 1983 General Election campaign and a memory board\, as well as an opportunity for reunions with old friends and making new ones. \nThis will be a joyous occasion\, following-on from and in the same spirit as the community event in his memory which will happen at the Bike Garden\, Nuns Moor on Saturday 18th June. \nSold out. Check here for any places that may become available from cancellations.\n\nProgramme\n\nThere will be a memory board. If you have anything you would like to put on it please contact silviefish@yahoo.com \n9:30 Coffee   \n10.00 Welcome and Introduction: Chairs for the day\, Liz O’Donnell and Kath Connolly \n10:05 Keynote Speaker. Jamie Driscoll\, North of Tyne Mayor \n10:15 Workers’ Education Association\nKeith Hodgson. Chair NE Region WEA\, formerly NUPE/UNISON Education Officer\nJude Murphy. WEA Education Co-ordinator\, Musician and Historian\nAnne Staines. WEA Regional Education Manager – retired\nSimon Parkinson. General Secretary & Chief Executive at WEA \n10:45 Nigel’s Centenary Commission colleagues\nCentenary Commission on Adult Education\, John Holford. Robert Peers Professor of Adult Education\, University of Nottingham\nNigel’s work on Raymond Williams and the New Diggers. Sharon Clancy\, Assistant Professor of Education\, Nottingham University\nBuilding community\, democracy and dialogue. Iain Jones. Associate Lecturer\, The Open University \n11:05 WEA Green Network: Ruth Hayward. Co-founder WEA North East Green Branch \n11:15 Discussion and Q&A of WEA topics \n11:30 Coffee \n11:45 Nigel’s Political Activism\, Internationalism\, Palestine\, Kashmir\, Bangladesh\,  Ann Schofield. Internationalist and Political Activist\n12:05 Greening Wingrove: Dave Webb. Director\, Greening Wingrove\n12:25 Slide show of Nigel’s 1983 GE campaign. Peter Brabban\, Professional Photographer \n12:45 Lunch:    Ordinary Heroes. WW1 Documentary\n                           Rochdale Pioneers Songs (recorded) \n13:30 Irim Ali. Chair of Greening Wingrove\n13:50 Joseph Cowen and the Chronicle. Andy McSmith. Journalist and Author\n14:10 The Co-operative college. Hazel Johnson. Co-operative college trustee \n14:30 Round Table:\nMatt Perry. Historian\, Newcastle University\nCharlotte Alston. Historian\, University of Northumbria\nSimon Parkinson. General Secretary & Chief Executive at WEA \n15:00 Close and songs from Bethany Elen Coyle with Jude Murphy \nAbout\nThis is a collaborative event by the Workers’ Educational Association\, the Co-operative College\, The Labour and Society Research Group at Newcastle University and the North East Labour History Society \nOur thanks to the Workers’ Educational Association for their generous sponsorship of this event
URL:https://nelh.net/event/meeting-for-nigel-todd-10-00am-3-00pm-neville-hall-newcastle/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Neville Hall\, Westgate Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 1SE
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SUMMARY:Event commemorating Nigel Todd\, Bike Garden\, Nuns Moor\, Newcastle
DESCRIPTION:Nigel\, with his daughter Selina\, on an anti-austerity march in Manchester\, 4th October 2015. Photograph courtesy Peter Brabban. \nMusic by Bethany Elen Coyle and pizzas from the pizza oven. Opportunity to share memories about Nigel and his work in the community. Open to all. \nThe bike garden is located in Nuns Moor Park here: https://goo.gl/maps/Q1LwGLu3ZRZxmJT96
URL:https://nelh.net/event/event-commemorating-nigel-todd-bike-garden-nuns-moor-newcastle/
LOCATION:Bike Garden\, Nuns Moor\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE4 5NU
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220524T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220524T193000
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SUMMARY:Durham Town Hall\, The Miners’ Strike in County Durham: A Family and Community Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Register here for tickets to attend in person or here to join online via Zoom. \nA free public event hosted by Durham University History Department. \nAlthough the Miners’ Strike took place nearly forty years ago\, the families and communities that experienced it in County Durham still have vivid memories of that year and have had to wrestle in their lives with the destruction of an industry. \nThis event features historian Robert Gildea\, who is writing an oral history of the strike\, in conversation with one of the families he interviewed. David Wray was an electrician at Sacriston during the strike. He and his wife Dorothy ran a soup kitchen in Leadgate and their daughter Sam\, a teenager at the time\, enjoyed the visits of musicians who helped to raise funds for striking families. They will be joined by Sam’s daughter\, Caitlin\, now a student at Newcastle University\, who speaks for a third generation that has been shaped by the strike. \nFollowing a conversation with the family the floor with be open to members of the audience who would like to share their own memories of the strike and its legacy. \nRobert Gildea is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Oxford. His most recent book is Empires of the Mind: The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present (2019)\, and he has published many books on modern European and transnational history\, especially on the Second World War and Europe’s 1968. His work has been awarded the Wolfson Prize for History. \nWith thanks to Tom Hamilton\, Associate Professor\, History Department\, Durham University.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/durham-town-hall-the-miners-strike-in-county-durham-a-family-and-community-conversation/
LOCATION:Durham Town Hall\, Market Place\, Durham\, DH1 3NJ
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220503T203000
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SUMMARY:First Tuesday: 'Hidden Chains: The Slavery Business and North East England' with John Charlton
DESCRIPTION:North East England is rarely associated with the African slave trade\, but new research has shown that the region was inextricably involved in that shocking state-sanctioned traffic in human beings. “Hidden Chains” reveals the links between some of the North East’s wealthiest\, most prominent families and the plantations of the New World. It also tells the story of ordinary people from Northumberland\, Durham and Tyneside who were caught up in the slavery business. \nSome were bonded labourers; others crossed the Atlantic on ships carrying human cargo\, returning with tobacco\, sugar\, rum and other profitable goods. At the same time the North East’s men and women were playing a determined part in the anti-slavery movement and their vital contribution to abolition is also explored. \nJohn is a member of the NELHS Committee and Editorial Board. \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85154499646?pwd=VVhCVEVJa2tnd3pDcGdFdDUwVHV5UT09 \nMeeting ID: 851 5449 9646 \nPasscode: 364625
URL:https://nelh.net/event/first-tuesday-hidden-chains-the-slavery-business-and-north-east-england-with-john-charlton/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220501T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220501T203000
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SUMMARY:BBC Radio 3: The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning North East folk band The Young’uns – Sean Cooney and David Eagle with Jack Rutter (for Michael Hughes) present their production of The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff\, recorded in front of a live audience in their hometown of Stockton-on-Tees. \nIt’s the true story of one man’s journey from unemployment\, through the Hunger Marches of the 1930s\, the mass trespass movement\, and the Battle of Cable Street\, to fighting fascism in the Spanish Civil War. A touching and often hilarious musical adventure\, its themes of war\, hunger\, poverty\, and displacement have a powerful resonance almost a hundred years on. \nTo be broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on the 1 May 2022 at 7.30pm – UK time.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/bbc-radio-3-the-ballad-of-johnny-longstaff/
LOCATION:BBC Radio 3
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220502
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SUMMARY:Tyne & Wear May Day Celebrations: May Day Social (Newcastle Irish Centre\, Fri 29 April)\, March and Rally (Exhibition Park\, Sat 30 April)
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URL:https://nelh.net/event/tyne-wear-may-day-celebrations-may-day-social-newcastle-irish-centre-fri-29-april-march-and-rally-exhibition-park-sat-30-april/
LOCATION:Various North East Venues
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220405T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220405T203000
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CREATED:20220207T145254Z
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SUMMARY:First Tuesday. Dr Christopher Massey\, Teesside University will talk about: The Man at the Back: Lord Tom Sawyer and the modernisation of the Labour Party
DESCRIPTION:‘The Man at the Back: Lord Tom Sawyer and the modernisation of the Labour Party’ with Dr. Christopher Massey \nThis talk highlights the significant contribution of Lord Tom Sawyer to the Labour Party’s modernisation between 1983 and 1997. Sawyer\, as a key trade union official and later General Secretary of the Labour Party\, played a crucial role in the redevelopment of Labour’s internal structures\, policy making and campaign machinery. \nSawyer’s political journey in these years closely mirrored Labour’s national position\, shifting from the hard-left towards the centre-left. His contributions to Labour’s renewal included vital roles during the Inquiry into the Militant Tendency in Liverpool (1986)\, the party’s Policy Review (1987-92)\, the shift to One Member\, One Vote (1993)\, the change to Clause IV of Labour’s Constitution (1995)\, and Partnership in Power (1997). \nThrough such input\, Sawyer played a crucial\, and often undocumented\, role in the modernisation which led towards the party’s 1997 general election victory. \nChristopher Massey is the Principal Lecturer for Programmes within Humanities and Social Science at Teesside University. His research focuses on the Labour Party and the labour movement. His recent work includes the official biography of Lord Tom Sawyer\, The Man at the Back\, and a 2020 monograph\, ‘The Modernisation of the Labour Party\, 1979-97.’ \nHe was elected as a Councillor for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in 2011\, and was Deputy Leader between 2017 and 2019. \nHere’s the link: \nTopic: Tom Sawyer and the Labour Party \nTime: Apr 5\, 2022 07:00 PM London \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89729662565?pwd=REJpcDY4TkRETENWVEVPbXJyWHlWdz09\nMeeting ID: 897 2966 2565 \nPasscode: 562204
URL:https://nelh.net/event/first-tuesday-dr-christopher-massey-teesside-university-will-talk-about-the-man-at-the-back-lord-tom-sawyer-and-the-modernisation-of-the-labour-party/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220411
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CREATED:20220330T111515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220330T112106Z
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SUMMARY:Northern Stage\, Newcastle: Red Ellen - The Story of Ellen Wilkinson MP
DESCRIPTION:“A working class woman inside the walls of Westminster? If that is not espionage\, I do not know what is.“\nA Northern Stage\, Nottingham Playhouse & Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production\nBooking details here \n \nThis remarkable new play from Caroline Bird tells the inspiring and epic story of Ellen Wilkinson\, Labour MP\, who was forever on the right side of history\, forever on the wrong side of life. \nCaught between revolutionary and parliamentary politics\, Ellen fights with an unstoppable\, reckless energy for a better world. Running (quite literally in some cases) into the likes of Albert Einstein and Ernest Hemingway\, she battles to save Jewish refugees in Nazi Germany; campaigns for Britain to aid the fight against Franco’s Fascists in Spain; and leads 200 workers in the Jarrow Crusade\, marching from Newcastle through Nottingham and the Midlands\, all the way to London delivering a petition to reduce unemployment and poverty. She serves as a vital member of Churchill’s cabinet\, and has affairs with communist spies and government ministers. But\, despite all of this\, she still finds herself – somehow – on the outside looking in.​ \nThis is the story of Ellen Wilkinson. \nThere is more than one way to kill a revolutionary… \nPreview performances: Tue 29 – Thu 31 Mar \nPreview performances give audiences the opportunity to be one of the first to see a new show. During previews\, the show is still being developed and changes may still be made ahead of the official press night. As the show is still being developed\, tickets are a little cheaper than our regular prices. We will always try to give you the best experience no matter what show you attend but if there are a few hitches on the night then we appreciate your patience and goodwill while we polish the show. \n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/northern-stage-newcastle-red-ellen-the-story-of-ellen-wilkinson-mp/
LOCATION:Northern Stage\, Barras BridgeNE1 7RH\, Newcastle Upon Tyne\, NE1 7RH
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220327T120000
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SUMMARY:NOW INVITATION ONLY: South Shields: Unveiling of a Blue Plaque for Eileen O'Shaughnessy
DESCRIPTION:Apologies for this change of plan. This unveiling is now by invitation only as space is limited.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/south-shields-unveiling-of-a-blue-plaque-for-eileen-oshaughnessy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220326T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220326T153000
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SUMMARY:The Word\, South Shields. Sylvia Topp will talk about her book Eileen: The Making of George Orwell
DESCRIPTION:BOOKING REQUIRED: BOOK HERE  Suitable for ages 16+\nSylvia Topp\, author of the novel Eileen: The Making of George Orwell\, will be joining us at The Word to discuss her book which is the never before told story of George Orwell’s first wife\, Eileen O’Shaughnessy\, a woman born in South Shields who shaped\, supported and even saved the life of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers. \nThe event will also include Jarrow-born Tom Kelly ‘in conversation’ with Richard Blair\, the adopted son of author George Orwell and patron of the Orwell Society\, and there will be an opportunity for the audience to ask their questions. \nDuring the event\, there will be a showing of Gary Wilkinson’s Wildflower film\, about Eileen O’Shaughnessy\, and Tom Kelly will also read his poem about Eileen\, titled You\, you\, you. \nCopies of Sylvia’s book will be available to buy at the event. \nThe event has been planned with The Word by The Orwell Society whose members are in South Shields for a weekend of events originally scheduled for March 2020\, which would have been the 75th anniversary of Eileen’s sadly premature death. \nThe Orwell Society is at https://orwellsociety.com/
URL:https://nelh.net/event/the-word-south-shields-sylvia-topp-will-talk-about-her-book-eileen-the-making-of-george-orwell/
LOCATION:The Word\, 45 Market Place\, South Shields\, NE33 1JF
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220325T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220325T210000
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SUMMARY:Tyneside Irish Centre: Sylvia Topp\, Remembering Eileen O'Shaughnessy
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the Orwell Society\, we are hosting an in person meeting at the Tyneside Irish Centre\, Friday 25 March at 7.30pm when Sylvia Topp will be in conversation with North East History editor\, Rosie Serdiville about her recently published biography of Eileen O’Shaughnessy\, Eileen: The Making of George Orwell. This meeting will also be livestreamed (see below). \nEileen was born in South Shields in 1905\, married George Orwell in 1936 and sadly died in a Newcastle hospital at the relatively young age of forty. \nSylvia Topp has worked in publishing since college\, starting as a copy writer on medical journals\, then moving to freelancing editing at a major literary publishing houses.  \n\nShe was the long-time wife and partner of Tuli Kupferberg\, a Beat poet who later was a co-founder\, in 1964\, of the Fugs\, a legendary rock and roll band. Together Sylvia and Tuli wrote\, edited\, and designed over thirty books and magazines\, including As They Were\, 1001 Ways to Live Without Working\, and Yeah! magazine.\n\nSylvia joined the staff at The Soho Weekly News and later The Village Voice\, before finishing her publishing career at Vanity Fair. Eileen is her first book. She lives in Kingston\, Ontario.  \nThe meeting will be livestreamed.  \n\nYou are invited to a Zoom webinar.\nWhen: Mar 25\, 2022 07:30 PM London\nTopic: Eileen: A Life – a conversation with Sylvia Topp \nRegister in advance for this webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9gCrRs1XRWWA7RR6FrXJog \nThis is part of a visit by members of the Orwell Society who will be on Tyneside from 25 to 27 March to commemorate the life of Eileen O’Shaughnessy.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/tyneside-irish-centre-pandemic-permitting-remembering-eileen-oshaughnessy/
LOCATION:Tyneside Irish Centre\, 43 Gallowgate\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 4SG\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220404
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SUMMARY:Various locations: Wor Bella\, Blyth Spartans Ladies. A play by Ed Waugh
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URL:https://nelh.net/event/various-locations-wor-bella-blyth-spartans-ladies-a-play-by-ed-waugh/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220319T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220319T165000
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CREATED:20220303T114201Z
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SUMMARY:Leeds University: Chartism Day 2022 in honour of Professor Malcolm Chase
DESCRIPTION:From the Society for the Study of Labour History \nChartism Day returns in March 2022 after an enforced absence of two years. This year’s event\, held jointly with the Social History Society\, is in honour of Professor Malcolm Chase\, who died in February 2020. Malcolm was a great historian of Chartism\, a stalwart of the Society for the Study of Labour History over many years\, and a central figure at Chartism Days. \nChartism Day 2022: Register here to attend \n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/leeds-university-chartism-day-2022-in-honour-of-professor-malcolm-chase/
LOCATION:University of Leeds
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220215T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220215T203000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Using Trade Union Banners for Education: The Case of the 1938 ‘Red’ Follonsby Miners’ Banner - a talk by Lucy Grimshaw (Northumbria University) and Lewis Mates (Durham University)
DESCRIPTION:From David Connolly\, Secretary\, North East Labour History Society: \nTo: NELHS Members and Supporters \nOur apologies for the short notice but this is to let you know that we are postponing our Zoom meeting on Using Trade Union Banners for Education: The Case of the 1938 ‘Red’ Follonsby Miners’ Banner which was due to take place on Tuesday evening. \nBoth Lucy and Lewis are supporting the industrial action that their trade union UCU is taking tomorrow in defence of pensions\, pay and conditions in the university sector.  \nThere are ten days of strike action over the next three weeks and for more information about the dispute please see: https://www.ucu.org.uk/he2021 and https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11818/Four-fights-dispute-FAQs  \nI’m sure all expressions of support for the action would be appreciated. \nIn solidarity with the UCU. \nDavid \n\n\nThis talk considers the use of trade union banners as tools for mainstream education in the context of the recent reclamation\, recuperation\, and re-articulation of industrial heritage taking place in localities in the former Durham coalfield\, north-east England. It does so by focusing on the educational work undertaken by the Follonsby Miner’s Banner Association in partnership with a local primary school. \nIt is divided into four substantive sections. The first locates our approach theoretically\, primarily in the rich pedagogical literature\, while the second briefly contextualizes the Association and the school. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with teachers and activists\, it offers a chronology of a project that\, catalysed by the replica Follonsby miners’ banner\, developed spontaneously in several exciting directions. \nThese included the school developing its own miners’-style banner\, unveiled by the late Tony Benn\, who featured on it. The third section offers some wider observations about the educational partnership and then considers the specific challenges that the Follonsby banner’s iconography posed in terms of teaching and how these were overcome. \nFinally\, we discuss legacies and lessons\, arguing that the wider impacts of the project went far beyond the specific learning experience they offered the children involved. Here is the link: \n\n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/gateshead-schools-banner-project/
LOCATION:To be advised
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SUMMARY:Morpeth Methodist Church: John Stirling will talk about William Morris
DESCRIPTION:From Joanna Keith at the Workers Educational Association\n \n\nWe are putting on a course about William Morris in the Morpeth Methodist Church on Saturday 29 January from 10.00am to 12.30 pm. The speaker is John Stirling (Vice-Chair of the William Morris Society and NELHS Committee Member). There is a fee of £8.00\, reductions available.  \nIf any of your members in Morpeth (or anyone from North Tyneside\, Newcastle or Northumberland)  are interested they can enrol onto the course through this web link:- \nhttps://enrolonline.wea.org.uk/Online/2021/CourseInfo.aspx?r=C2527581 or they can ring 0300 303 3464 if they prefer to enrol by telephone.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/morpeth-methodist-church-john-stirling-will-talk-about-william-morris/
LOCATION:Morpeth Methodist Church\, Howard Terrace\, Morpeth\, NE61 1HU
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220125T190000
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SUMMARY:Zoom now available: NELH Tuesday Meeting: Mike Barke will talk about his new book on the history of Newcastle: Mapping the City
DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86337404230?pwd=MEtySlM0WTB1amhNejJTdEV0aHEyZz09 \nMeeting ID: 863 3740 4230 \nPasscode: 361822 \nOur first Tuesday meeting of the year will take place on 25 January at 7.00pm when Mike Barke will talk the history of Newcastle-upon-Tyne based on his new book\, Mapping the City (co-authored with Brian Robson and Anthony Champion). \nNewcastle has a long and distinguished history through two millennia: a Roman fortress at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall; an important centre of monasticism; a ‘royal’ bulwark against attacks and invasion from Scotland; and the principal centre for the export of coal to London. In the 19th century it was transformed into an elegant Georgian townscape with dramatic streets and handsome public buildings.\n \n\nIt and other towns on the Tyne – Gateshead\, Jarrow\, Wallsend\, Tynemouth\, North and South Shields – developed important industries: shipbuilding\, glass and heavy engineering. Tyneside suffered severe contraction in the 20th century as heavy industry declined\, but it has begun to reinvent itself and create new growth shoots\, not least its vibrant cultural industries including music and art. \nThis book takes an innovative approach to telling the story of the area’s history by focusing on the historic maps and plans that record the growth and development of Newcastle and Tyneside over many centuries.  \nMichael Barke was Reader in Human Geography at Northumbria University\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, where he taught from 1974 until his retirement in 2016. His research interests include the demographic and urban history of the North East.\n \nA link for the meeting will be posted nearer the time.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-tuesday-meeting-mike-barke-will-talk-about-his-new-book-on-the-history-of-newcastle-mapping-the-city/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:The Society's Christmas Quiz
DESCRIPTION:The Society’s Christmas Quiz takes place next Tuesday 14 December at 7.00pm \n\n\nPeter Brabban and Pat Candon will test your historical knowledge (to its limit) and after that you are welcome to stay for the ‘chat’. \n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting \n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84946680511?pwd=NEdSNFdDd1JLZFEwS1ZwYTlYOHNJdz09 \n\n\nMeeting ID: 849 4668 0511 \n\nPasscode: 918050
URL:https://nelh.net/event/the-societys-christmas-quiz/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Tyneside Irish Centre (Zoom). Prof Marie Coleman will talk about: Who were the Black & Tans? The Crown Forces in Ireland during the War of Independence
DESCRIPTION:Professor Coleman will look at all the different groupings within the Crown Forces – Army\, RIC\, Tans\, Auxiliaries\, B Specials etc. She is particularly keen to examine the social composition of the Tans and Auxiliaries in particular and will be covering the controversy over the commemoration plans in 2020. \nMarie Coleman is Professor of Twentieth Century Irish History at Queen’s University\, Belfast. \nThe event is part of the Tyneside Irish Centre’s series of 1921 Centenary talks. \nClick here to register and get the zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M9Su18K7Q-eF9qjqUbMa_w \n\n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/tyneside-irish-centre-zoom-prof-marie-coleman-will-talk-about-who-were-the-black-tans-the-crown-forces-in-ireland-during-the-war-of-independence/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T190000
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SUMMARY:Midnight Traveller: a Film Night with Tyneside Welcomes. Black Swan Centre\, Newcastle
DESCRIPTION:A showing of “Midnight Traveller”\, a multi-award winning documentary film by Hassan Fazili filmed by the Fazili family as they document their journey from their home in Afghanistan to Europe seeking safety. \nDetails and Booking here.\nThe film will be followed by a live question and answer session with the director from Germany via zoom\, and an opportunity to socialise. \nRotten Tomatoes gives this film 100% \nThis showing is organised by Tyneside Welcomes which works to resettle refugees from the Syrian War.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/tyneside-welcomes-film-night-black-swan-centre-newcastle-midnight-traveller/
LOCATION:Black Swan Centre\, Newcastle Arts Centre\, 67 Westgate Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 1SG
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SUMMARY:Massimiliano Papini (Northumbria University) will talk about: The Idea of Japan in Victorian Charity Bazaars: Fundraising\, Orientalism and Transculturality in the North East of England\, 1867—1912
DESCRIPTION:Please book here: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/idea-japan-victorian-charity-bazaars-fundraising-orientalism-and-transculturality-north-east \nBeyond international expositions and musical operettas such as The Mikado(1885) or The Geisha(1896)\, the other type of Japan-themed public event in which Victorian people experienced a transcultural encounter with Japan was the charity bazaar. Becoming popular in Britain in the early nineteenth century\, the charity bazaar was a temporary\, fundraising event which relied mainly on voluntary work\, generally offered by local ladies\, in both organising stalls and supplying each of them with the objects to put on sale.  The revenue raised in these bazaars served to support a designated cause which might be in aid of hospitals\, schools\, missionary societies\, and religious institutions. In order to attract visitors and supporters\, these philanthropic events drew heavily on entertainments\, including musicians\, dancers\, and actors\, as well as elaborate decorations following an over-arching theme. Foreign locations were among the most common of these themes\, thus – for many Victorians attending – a charity bazaar provided a chance to have first contact with objects from an exogenous culture. \nDrawing upon newspaper articles and archive material\, this seminar will investigate how Japan was represented in philanthropic events in the North East of England through the presence and consumption of Japanese goods. In response to the heightened fascination with Japan in the 1880s\, charity bazaars started to be fitted up as a Japanese traditional village\, coming to function for Victorians as an effective vehicle for imaginary travel and shaping their “tourist gaze.” With this regard\, the stereotyped image of Japan disseminated by British decorators was instrumental in attracting a wide audience\, transforming the “Orientalist” theme of Japanese Village into an appropriate setting to even promote very local endeavours such as charity campaigns which were completely unrelated to Japan\, its culture\, and its people. In addition\, the common practice of wearing Japanese costumes by local volunteers also reveals that charity bazaars incorporated an ambivalent transcultural nature. While donning kimonos by British individuals in local events inevitably erased the Japanese body from the popular representation of Japan\, it simultaneously contributed to naturalising the Asian “Otherness” in Britain\, allowing stallholders in the North Eastto promote their public persona in line with the late Victorian\, cosmopolitan taste and fashionability. In other words\, this seminar will explore the way in which fundraising practices and voluntary activities played crucial roles as mediators between local communities and transnational trends such as the “Western” fascination with Japan.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/massimiliano-papini-northumbria-university-will-talk-about-the-idea-of-japan-in-victorian-charity-bazaars-fundraising-orientalism-and-transculturality-in-the-north-east-of-england-1867-1/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:WEA Talk by John Stirling: William Morris – Past\, Present and Future
DESCRIPTION:From Joanna Keith\, Workers Educational Association. \nWilliam Morris – Past\, Present and Future \nA talk by John Stirling\, Vice Chair of the William Morris Society on Saturday 20 November from 10.00am to 1.00pm at the Brunswick Methodist Church\, Brunswick Place\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 7BJ (entrance at the side of the Fenwicks Building) \nCourse Code: C2527355 \nFee: £9.60p \nBooking the course can be done through enrolling online by clicking on the link above or phoning 0300 303 3464 and quoting the course code. \nAttendees may be entitled to a free place for this course if they are in receipt of a means tested benefit or they could get help towards their fees if they have a low personal salary or low household income. \n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/wea-talk-by-john-stirling-william-morris-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:Brunswick Methodist Church\, Brunswick Place\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 7BJ
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SUMMARY:Durham University History Department and Gala Theatre: History Now! Coreen McGuire will talk about ‘Invisible Disability in Coalmining Communities’\,
DESCRIPTION:From: Dr Tom Hamilton\, Associate Professor in Early Modern European History\, Durham University \nThe next event in the History Now! series of public talks\, organised between the Durham University History Department and the Gala Theatre\, is Coreen McGuire’s lecture on ‘Invisible Disability in Coalmining Communities’\, which takes place via Zoom between 5.30 and 6.30pm next Tuesday 16 November. \nAll welcome! The link for registration is here.  \nDr Coreen McGuire is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century British History at Durham University and author of Measuring Difference\, Numbering Normal: Setting the Standards for Disability in the Interwar Period\, published by Manchester University Press in 2020. Coreen’s research towards this book contributed to the Life of Breath project and her award-winning article on ‘The categorisation of hearing loss through telephony in inter-war Britain’ is available via open access here. \nHere is an abstract for the talk on 16 November: Why was it so difficult for mineworkers and their families to get compensation for illness and disabilities caused by their work? The modern category of disability has been linked (especially by disabled activists) to industrialization and the needs of the labour market. However\, historians have challenged this ‘industrialization thesis’ by providing evidence of the ubiquity and visibility of disability in British mining communities. Yet there was a significant hierarchy of disability in the coalmining compensation context. Everyday experiences of breathlessness were not categorised or recorded in the same way that accidents leading to amputations were. The same holds true for disability/ illnesses that were fluctuating\, progressive\, actively concealed (potentially with the use of hidden prosthesis)\, stigmatised (such as psychological disability) or associated with malingering (such as miner’s nystagmus). These kinds of experiences were only visible in exceptional cases\, and it is less clear that they were either accepted or normalized. In this talk\, Coreen McGuire shows how such contested compensation cases reveal hidden disability managed through networks of friends\, family\, and community.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/durham-university-history-department-and-gala-theatre-history-now-coreen-mcguire-will-talk-about-invisible-disability-in-coalmining-communities/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Middlesbrough: Spanish Civil War Commemoration Event
DESCRIPTION:From Martin Levy\n\nThe Communist Party is planning\, in conjunction with members of the International Brigade Memorial Trust\, to repeat last year’s North East commemoration events for the ‘Volunteers for Liberty’ from the North East who gave their lives in Spain. \nThe Middlesbrough event will be outside the Dorman Museum at 2.00pm on Sunday 31 October. \nThe event will be relatively short\, and will involve speeches\, poetry\, the reading of the names of the fallen\, and the laying of wreaths (in Middlesbrough\, in the Tees by the Newport Bridge).
URL:https://nelh.net/event/middlesbrough-spanish-civil-war-commemoration-event/
LOCATION:Dorman Museum\, Linthorpe Rd\, Middlesbrough\, TS5 6LA
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SUMMARY:Newcastle: Spanish Civil War Commemoration Event
DESCRIPTION:From Martin Levy\n\nThe Communist Party is planning\, in conjunction with members of the International Brigade Memorial Trust\, to repeat last year’s North East commemoration events for the ‘Volunteers for Liberty’ from the North East who gave their lives in Spain. \nThe Newcastle event will be at the International Brigade memorial in the grounds of the Civic Centre at 11.00am on Saturday 30 October. \nThe event will be relatively short\, and will involve speeches\, poetry\, the reading of the names of the fallen.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/4997/
LOCATION:Grounds of Newcastle Civic Centre
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting: Dr Cathy Hunt will talk about 'Righting the Wrong: the life and work of Mary Macarthur\, 1880-1921'
DESCRIPTION:Mary Macarthur\, trade unionist and socialist\, died 100 years ago in 1921. In this talk\, her biographer\, Dr Cathy Hunt\, looks at the fascinating life and work of this pioneering leader\, who founded the National Federation of Women Workers\, which improved working conditions for thousands of some of the worst paid women in Britain. Cathy will draw attention to the struggles and barriers that faced women workers in the early 20th century whilst also highlighting their successes and strength in solidarity. \nInterwoven with this is the absorbing life story of Mary Macarthur\, on her journey from girlhood in Scotland to London activist and national leader\, through to her tragically early death aged just 40. \nCathy Hunt is an independent community historian and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her research focuses on British labour and social history\, with emphasis on women and work. Her publications includes a history of the National Federation of Women Workers\, a biography of Mary Macarthur and a history of women’s lives in Coventry. \nZoom details to be circulated closer to the time.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/fourth-tuesday-cathy-hunt-will-talk-about-righting-the-wrong-the-life-and-work-of-mary-macarthur-1880-1921/
LOCATION:Zoom
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