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  • November 2019

  • Mon 11

    Newcastle City Library Exhibition: Enemy Alien, Civilian Internment in the British Empire, 1914-1919

    11 November 2019 - 24 November 2019
    Bewick Hall Newcastle City Library, Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • Sun 17

    Star and Shadow: Rewinding the Welfare State: A Social History of the North East on Film

    17 November 2019 @ 14:00
    Star and Shadow Cinema Warwick Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

    Through local news reports, Tyne Tees Television documentaries, trade union campaigns, community films and more, this film show examines how the welfare state has impacted on the social development of our region from the 1920s to today. Audiences will be invited to share their thoughts as we explore how the journey ‘from cradle to grave’ […]

  • Tue 19

    Tyneside Cinema. Fragile Labour: Archive Films and Live Discussion at the Tyneside Cinema

    19 November 2019 @ 18:00
    Tyneside Cinema 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

    From Tyneside Cinema: As part of the Tyneside Cinema’s Zero Hour season inspired by the release of Ken Loach’s film Sorry We Missed You, we explore the history of fragile labour and insecure work in Newcastle and the North East, from cycles of casual work to the emergence of new forms of labour in the aftermath […]

  • Wed 20

    Newcastle City Library Event: Enemy Alien, Civilian Internment in the British Empire, 1914-1919

    20 November 2019 @ 17:00 - 20:00
    Bewick Hall Newcastle City Library, Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • Fri 22

    Mushroom Works, Newcastle: Jane Smallcombe, opening of her Art Studio

    22 November 2019 @ 18:00
    Mushroom Works St Lawrence Road, Newcastle upon Tyne

    From Bede Woods, Secretary of Monkton Ward Labour Party in Jarrow. Jane Smallcombe has supported the Monkton Ward and Jarrow CLP behind the scenes for several years. Lately, she has helped both the CLP Woman's Officer and the Fund Raiser in relation to our high profile speakers. She has herself personally created, at very short […]

  • December 2019

  • Tue 3

    POSTPONED due to General Election. Bridge Hotel: NELHS Christmas Social – Now 14 January

    3 December 2019 @ 19:00
    The Bridge Hotel Castle Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom

    The North East Labour History annual social event has been postponed until the new year to allow members to concentrate on the General Election campaign.

  • January 2020

  • Tue 7

    First Tuesday, BRIDGE HOTEL: Mike Greatbatch will talk about William Parker: A Chartist Life

    7 January 2020 @ 19:00
    The Bridge Hotel Castle Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom

    NOTE - THIS FIRST TUESDAY WILL BE HELD AT THE BRIDGE HOTEL INSTEAD OF THE USUAL VENUE. William Parker served as Secretary of the Ouseburn Working Men’s Association and was an original member of the Council of the Northern Political Union (NPU), Tyneside’s principal agency of Chartist agitation in 1838-39. The People’s Charter was just […]

  • Tue 14

    Bridge Hotel: NELHS Christmas Social

    14 January 2020 @ 19:00
    The Bridge Hotel Castle Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom

    Attractions include Tyneside folk singer Jack Burness and Peter Brabban’s famous historical quiz. This social event was due to be held on 3 December but was postponed because of the General Election.

  • Thu 23

    Tyneside Irish Centre: Music and Poetry celebrating cultural traditions on Tyneside. Part of Newcastle’s Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorations for 2020.

    23 January 2020 @ 19:00
    Tyneside Irish Centre 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    From Peter Sagar: Hi everyone, I wish to invite you to a special event on Thursday 23 January. Celebrating Our Traditions IV: Standing Together Music and Poetry celebrating cultural traditions on Tyneside. Part of Newcastle's Holocaust Memorial Day Commemorations for 2020. This is the fourth of series of events bringing different musical traditions on Tyneside […]

  • February 2020

  • Tue 4

    Northern Stage: The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff

    4 February 2020 - 22 February 2020
    Northern Stage Barras BridgeNE1 7RH, Newcastle Upon Tyne

    The true story of a one man's journey from unemployment in Stockton on Tees, 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. Click here for details of showings and bookings.

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