From Leona Skelton, Northumbria University I’ve organised a free Tyne history event with Tyne Rivers Trust at the Tyne Bank Brewery on Tuesday 24 March, 5.00pm - 8.00pm which I think NELHS members could get a lot out of, even though it’s focused on the management of the river first and foremost rather than labour history. […]
This meeting has beeen cancelled as part of the measures to limit the Covid 19 outbreak. Eileen: The Making of George Orwell, an interview with biographer Sylvia Topp at Jesmond Library, St. Georges Terrace NE2 2DL on Friday 27 March at 7.00pm This is the never-before-told story of George Orwell’s first wife Eileen O’Shaughnessy, who […]
This meeting has beeen cancelled as part of the measures to limit the Covid 19 outbreak. Where possible, meetings will be rescheduled once this becomes possible. Notices will appear on this website as soon as this happens. In an effort to defeat the striking miners the government, judiciary and police used the law as a […]
This meeting has beeen cancelled as part of the measures to limit the Covid 19 outbreak. Where possible, meetings will be rescheduled once this becomes possible. Notices will appear on this website as soon as this happens.
Ronnie Hanna has asked us to mention these three online history courses which may be of interest to some of our members and supporters. The courses were originally part of Queen's University Belfast's Open Learning Programme for the spring, which was cancelled due to the current situation. If you are interested, please contact Ronnie at: […]
This meeting has beeen cancelled as part of the measures to limit the Covid 19 outbreak. Where possible, meetings will be rescheduled once this becomes possible. Notices will appear on this website as soon as this happens.
Please let us know if you would like to attend this meeting by clicking this link and giving us your email address and name. We will then contact you before the meeting with the Zoom link. In an effort to defeat the striking miners the government, judiciary and police used the law as a method […]
Please let us know if you would like to attend this meeting by clicking this link and giving us your email address and name. We will then contact you before the meeting with the Zoom link. Please note that any member wishing to submit a change to the Constitution (see pages 187 – 188 of […]
Please note that the planned Memorial Service on the 17 October has been cancelled.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84301417060?pwd=d2h5T1lpbHZuVWpwM25yM0V6eThLdz09 Meeting ID: 843 0141 7060 Passcode: 687904 The International Brigade of the 1930s was not the first venture of its kind. Garibaldi’s 1860 campaign to liberate and unify Italy also attracted international volunteers, not least from Britain. Several hundred, including about 18 from Tyneside, joined a ‘British Legion’ that supported Garibaldi in Sicily […]