North East Labour History

The presentation will offer an analysis on the nature and significance of the British political, social and economic turmoil in the post-war period 1919-1921 and which could be labelled the ‘Post-War Labour Unrest’ due to the rapid rise in industrial strife. The field of enquiry is to use the Durham Coalfield and the Durham Miners’ […]

Assemble 11.00am at the bandstand, Exhibition Park.  March leaves at 11.30am for rally 12 noon at Grey's Monument. Rally speakers include Mick Cash (RMT general secretary), Susan Grey (vice-chair, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign) and Dan Carden MP (acting Shadow Secretary of State for International Development).  Bring banners! Volunteers needed for stewarding.

A showing of Mike Leigh’s latest celebrated film Peterloo with speakers / workshops on Peterloo and its aftermath, Protest in the 1960s and the current fight for women’s pension rights Tickets via https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/642615 covering the Star and Shadow’s catering: a hot lunch, tea, coffee and cake all day £10, waged and £5, pay as you […]

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” […]