North East Labour History

Sir Charles Trevelyan was a controversial Northumberland politician who was involved in some of the most significant political developments of the first half of the twentieth century. He served in the Liberal Government from 1909 until he resigned in protest against the decision to go to war. During the war he formed a pressure group […]

A terrific performance, and a real, rollicking, introduction to the 150-year history of the TUC.  Get your tickets at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/wallsend/wallsend-memorial-hall/banner-theatre-spirit-of-1868/2019-05-10/19:00. Event Flyer

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        Free admission, please register: Organised by Labour and Society Research Group and Conflict and Revolution Research Strand of Newcastle University   Friday 17 May 2019 12.30 – 13.00     Registration and Coffee 13.00 – 14.30     Panel 1: The Dynamics of Contention in 1919, Chair: TBC Jacopo Perazzoli (University of Milan): […]

As you may know, sadly, Dr Eric Wade passed away last year. We are planning the above event where we’ll be sharing memories and stories about Eric. We have arranged a programme of speakers who knew him well.  However, if you’d like to add your own informal stories about Eric, then please email Mick Goulding, […]

Why waste a day in the house?  Woodwork paints itself if you leave it long enough….Your son will do the ironing….Gardens benefit from neglect and abandonment….Someone else will do the cooking…. What else can you do…? Come along to the Sunderland Community Lectures which are running throughout Summer 2019 and which are themed around “Crossings” […]

Chartism 2019 - Booking Form 9.00–9.15           Registration.  9.15–9.30          Introduction and Welcome (Joan Allen and Richard Allen, Newcastle). 9.30–10.15         Tom Scriven (Manchester). ‘Chartism's electoral strategy and the bifurcation of Radicalism’. 10.15–11.00       Joan Allen (Newcastle). ‘Chartist trials, 1839: Revisited’. Break 11.30–12.15       Mike Greatbatch. (Independent). ‘William Parker: A Chartist Life’. 12.15-13.00        Joe Stanley (Sheffield […]

A commemoration of the dark events of the 1830s & a celebration of the lives of these men, found guilty of conspiracy by a Durham Judge. Sentenced to the penal colonies for life, and transported in irons to Botany Bay, leaving their families behind to fend for themselves. On Saturday 1 June from 1.00pm, join […]