North East Labour History
The banners of the Durham and Northumberland coal miners are an extremely important part of the heritage of the former pit communities of the North-East. Emblazoned across their fabric are […]
From Peter Sagar This is to invite you a Holocaust Memorial Day event on Thursday 23rd January at the Bewick Hall in Newcastle City Library at 5.30pm and also, to […]
This talk by Margaret Bozic explores what life was really like in the North East after the Second World War. What did we eat, what was the state of the housing, […]
In April 1912 the Tyne-built ship Carpathia rescued the bitterly cold and traumatised survivors of the Titanic disaster. In this illustrated talk Newcastle author Ken Smith spotlights the ship's epic […]
From Judith Green, This year marks the centenary of the disaster which killed 38 men and boys from the local area. To commemorate this, local organisations are holding a remembrance […]
Headstone for Mary Lyons (from Ed Waugh) As a response to our play Wor Bella, about women's football in WW1, there will be an unveiling of a headstone to Mary […]
On 10 May 1920, East London dockers made history when they refused to load the Jolly George ship with munitions that were intended to be used against the Bolsheviks in […]
It was 60 years ago in July 1965 that the Region's trade unions planned and put on an Exhibition and Arts Festival. This talk will review just what was on […]
From Kath Connolly Education 4 Action are a group of volunteers working to celebrate our mining and union heritage. Amongst other things, we have provided tours of the Miners' Hall […]