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SUMMARY:Hebburn Library: Gianfranco Rosolia is unveiling a plaque to his grandmother\, Jennie Shearan who led the campaign for clean air at Monkton Cokeworks
DESCRIPTION:Gianfranco Rosolia is the author of CLEAN AIR which tells the story of the long fight against the environmental pollution caused by the Monkton Cokeworks and who spoke at the NELH Tuesday meeting in April\, will be in the North East in November. \nThe plaque unveiling will be at Hebburn Library at 11am on Tuesday 21 November https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/10956/Library-at-Hebburn-Central
URL:https://nelh.net/event/hebburn-library-gianfranco-rosolia-is-unveiling-a-plaque-to-his-grandmother-jennie-shearan-who-led-the-campaign-for-clean-air-at-monkton-cokeworks/
LOCATION:Hebburn Library\, Hebburn Central\, Glen Street\, Hebburn\, NE31 1AB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T093000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Sunderland: St Michael's Branch Labour Party\, The Labour Movement 1850 - 1950\, Remember the Past\, Fight for the Future
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed. New details will be posted as soon as they are available. \nFollowing last year’s successful event St Michael’s Branch Labour Party are hosting their second Social History Conference on Saturday 18 November at the Hope Street Xchange in Sunderland from 9.30am to 4.45pm. \nBoasting a panel of 4 expert speakers from Durham University and Newcastle University\, the conference is a way of bringing knowledge and expertise of academic historians to the general public and is open to all who have an interest in\, and want to be challenged\, by history. \nTopics covered will be as follows: \nThe Chartist Movement and the Formation of the TUC – Dr Victoria Clarke\nKeir Hardie and the Founding of the Labour Party – Dr Andrzej Olechnowicz\nRamsay Macdonald and the National Government – Dr Matt Perry\nThe Labour Movement during the Second World War – Dr Martin Parr \nTickets are £25 including lunch and refreshments. \nSt Michael’s Labour Social History Conference Tickets\, Sat 18 Nov 2023 at 09:30 | Eventbrite
URL:https://nelh.net/event/sunderland-st-michaels-branch-labour-party-the-labour-movement-1850-1950-remember-the-past-fight-for-the-future/
LOCATION:Hope Street Xchange\, Sunderland\, SR1 3QD
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T190000
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting: A Distant World\, John Charlton
DESCRIPTION:A Distant World is John Charlton’s account of growing up in the 1950s. He traces his family’s origins\, birth\, childhood and education in a detailed account which references aspects of family\, work\, social and political life on Tyneside over his first two decades. \nJohn worked as a school teacher then higher education lecturer at Leeds College of Education\, Leeds Polytechnic and the University of Leeds. He has published books on Chartism\, New Unionism\, Youth and politics on Tyneside\, anti-globalisation activism and the North East of England’s involvement in colonial slavery. He is a member of the NELHS Committee. \n‘This is without question an exceptional memoir\, as much or more a piece of social history as well as being a personal document. The account is both fascinating and socially illuminating.’ Professor Willie Thompson \nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81448968967?pwd=Z3J6Q3lFamVWUllITnlxVDVuZ2VzQT09\nMeeting ID: 814 4896 8967\nPasscode: 910056 \nTo obtain a copy of the book please email John at johndcharlton1@gmail.com\, £13 including postage.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-tuesday-meeting-a-distant-world-john-charlton/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231110T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231110T150000
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SUMMARY:Laura Trevelyan: Black History Conversations 365
DESCRIPTION:Our apologies – a fault in the Black History Conversations 365 website has made it impossible to register for this meeting. \nHowever\, the link below gives an explanation of why Laura has apologised for her family’s slave-owning past and what she is doing about it now. \nhttps://www.beaconcollaborative.org.uk/laura-trevelyan-i-hope-my-apology-and-reparations-for-my-familys-slave-owning-past-will-set-an-example-to-others/ \n\n\n\n\n\nLaura Trevelyan: “I hope my apology and reparations for my family’s slave-owning past will set an example.” – The Beacon Collaborative \nLaura Trevelyan was working as a BBC journalist and news anchor when she found out some of her ancestors had been slave owners. The discovery would take her on a journey to Grenada and propel her from journalist to philanthropist and advocate. \nwww.beaconcollaborative.org.uk \n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nMeeting organised by Black History Conversations 365 with Laura Trevelyan\, co-founder of ‘Heirs of Slavery’. \nFriday 10 November at 2.00pm (UK). \nFor the zoom link to this free event please register at www.blackhistoryconversations.com
URL:https://nelh.net/event/laura-trevelyan-black-history-conversations-365/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231029T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231029T150000
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SUMMARY:International Brigades Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:From Martin Levy \nThe annual ‘Volunteers for Liberty’ event\, to commemorate the volunteers from the North East who gave their lives fighting in the International Brigade in Spain\, will be held at 2 pm on Sunday 29 October at the memorial plaque in the grounds of Newcastle Civic Centre. \nSpeakers will include author Alex Clifford and representatives from the Communist Parties of Britain and Spain.  There will also be the reading of the names of those who sacrificed their lives\, and the laying of wreaths. \nWhile the event is organised by the Communist Party of Britain\, all who wish to keep the memory of these volunteers alive are welcome. \nYours in solidarity \nMartin Levy
URL:https://nelh.net/event/international-brigades-commemoration-2/
LOCATION:Grounds of Newcastle Civic Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T193000
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SUMMARY:Durham: Invitation\, History Now! Black History Month 2023 Event
DESCRIPTION:From Liam Liburd: \nMy name is Liam Liburd and I’m the Assistant Professor of Black British History at Durham University. I’m also the Department of History’s Public History Officer and am responsible for arranging history-related public events across the academic year. \nI’m writing to bring our Black History Month event to your attention… \nHistory Now! BHM 2023: Black History in the North East \nThursday\, 26 October 2023\, 5:30-7:30pm\nGreat Hall\, Durham Town Hall \nA discussion of academic research and public history projects on the North East’s Black history to mark Black History Month 2023.Featuring presentations and discussion from: \n\nBusola Afolabi\, the Director of Newcastle-based educational charity\, Success4All. As part of their work engaging\, empowering and motivating young people to succeed in education\, Success4All have facilitated youth-led projects on Black history in their local area.\n\n\nTerry Graham\, Head of history at Heworth Grange School in Gateshead and the lead in Project North Star – a multi-faceted project looking at promoting Black history with schools and local communities and amplifying the North East’s history in national conversations on this subject.\n\n\nJoe Redmayne\, a final year History PhD student at Newcastle University interested in global labour history. His thesis situates County Durham during the year 1919 transnationally and explores the global implications of the Empire on British society through regional working-class consciousness. He uses a multi-occupational approach and the category of whiteness to renew our understanding of class consciousness in an age of world empires.\n\nChaired by Liam Liburd\, Assistant Professor of Black British History. \nRegistration is essential. Please register for free tickets here. \nPlease do spread the word among your members and contacts and it would be great to some of the North East Labour History Society at the event. \nBest wishes\, \nLiam \n\nDr Liam J. Liburd\nPronouns: He/him\nAssistant Professor of Black British History\nOffice hours: Mondays 9:30am-10:30am & Thursdays\, 2-3pm (book your slot here)\nDepartment of History\nDurham University
URL:https://nelh.net/event/invitation-history-now-black-history-month-2023-event/
LOCATION:Great Hall\, Durham Town hall\, Market Place\, Durham\, DH1 3NJ
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231003T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231003T203000
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SUMMARY:NELH First Tuesday: Unemployed Resistance (1978 – Now)\, Trade Unions and Community Organising\, Paul Griffin (Northumbria University)
DESCRIPTION:This talk will reflect on the politicisation of unemployment across UK towns and cities in the early 1980s. With a particular focus on trade union and community organising\, the presentation will reflect on the role of Unemployed Workers’ Centres in articulating opposition to deindustrialisation\, redundancies\, and long-term unemployment. \nFocusing upon centres as ‘solidarity infrastructures’ allows an analysis that considers the quieter acts of care and advice alongside organising practices and campaigning. This paper revisits these histories through archives and oral histories of unemployed organising and includes reflections on the People’s March for Jobs 1981\, the emergence of TUC Unemployed Workers’ Centres and wider unemployed resistances. \nDr Paul Griffin is an Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Northumbria University. His work cuts across labour geography and labour history and has previously considered the historical geographies of Red Clydeside\, tracing labour histories in Glasgow during the early twentieth century. \nMore recently\, his work has focussed upon the role of trade unions in society and particularly the links with community action around unemployment. His next project proposes to consider the histories of the emergence of credit unions as a form of solidarity economy. \nHis work can be found in journals such as Antipode\, Geoforum\, Political Geography and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-first-tuesday-unemployed-resistance-1978-now-trade-unions-and-community-organising-paul-griffin-northumbria-university/
LOCATION:Room ELA 108\, Ellison Building\, Northumbria University\, Newcastle upon Tyne
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SUMMARY:Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984-85
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 26th September at the Lit & Phil at 6.00pm \nBooking: Lit & Phil Members only until 4th September. \nIn association with Yale University Press \nPresented by Robert Gildea \nA powerful new history of the Great Strike\, based on more than 140 interviews with former miners and their families. \nForty years ago\, Arthur Scargill led the National Union of Mineworkers on one of the largest strikes in British history. A deep sense of pride existed within Britain’s mining communities who thought of themselves as the backbone of the nation’s economy. But they were vilified by Margaret Thatcher’s government and eventually broken: deprived of their jobs\, their livelihoods\, and in some cases\, their lives. \nIn this ground-breaking new history\, Robert Gildea interviews those miners and their families who fought to defend themselves. Exploring mining communities from South Wales to the Midlands\, Yorkshire\, County Durham\, and Fife\, Gildea uncovers stories of survival\, solidarity and redemption. He shows how the miners and their families organized to protect themselves\, and how a network of activists mobilized to support them. \nAmid the recent wave of industrial action in the United Kingdom\, Backbone of the Nation highlights anew the importance of labour organization―and intimately records the triumphs\, losses\, and resilience of these mining communities. \nROBERT GILDEA is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Fighters in the Shadows\, Empires of the Mind\, and the Wolfson Prize-winning Marianne in Chains. \nA LIVE Lit & Phil Event | £3 \nPlease book with the Library Desk team\, or over the phone on 0191 232 0192 and your Membership Card Number and they will be happy to help. \nThe Society assisted Robert with his interviews in the Chester-le-Street and Consett areas and we have 15 tickets available on first come\, first served basis which can be reserved through me. They will be held at the door on the night and can be paid for then.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/backbone-of-the-nation-mining-communities-and-the-great-strike-of-1984-85/
LOCATION:The Lit & Phil\, 23 Westgate Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 1SE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230907T190000
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SUMMARY:NELH Annual General Meeting\, CHANGE OF DATE - now 7 September. Victoria Bazin and Melanie Waters\, Feminist Print Magazines and their Influence in the Digital Age project
DESCRIPTION:The date of our AGM has been moved from 12 September to Thursday 7 September. It will be held at the Newcastle Lit and Phil. \nThe speakers will be Victoria Bazin and Melanie Waters who will be talking about the Feminist Print Magazines and Their Influence in the Digital Age project.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-annual-general-meeting-2/
LOCATION:The Lit & Phil\, 23 Westgate Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 1SE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230822T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230822T203000
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting: Tony Fox will talk about Phyllis Short\, lifelong Teesside Communist
DESCRIPTION:Behind every great man there’s a great woman\, or so goes the old adage. Phyllis Short was the wife of George Short\, the Communist Party District Secretary for Teesside\, but simply saying this disguises the campaigns for social justice that she herself led. \nBorn into the mining community of Chopwell\, when they moved to Stockton in 1931 they began a lifetime’s campaign to improve the lives of people on Teesside and beyond. This talk will describe Phyllis’ eventful life\, highlighting the ways she fought against injustice locally\, nationally and internationally during the most turbulent period of the 20th Century. Her friends and family remember her as a working-class hero\, who faced down all enemies to champion a better and fairer society\, this talk aims to show why she should be remembered by a much wider audience. \nTony Fox\, a history teacher\, chaired the Durham Branch of the Historical Association for fifteen years. Author of I sing of My comrades: remembering Stockton’s International Brigaders\, he is a member of the International Brigade Memorial Trust and has published a number of articles on International Brigade volunteers and memorials. This latest talk is the result of recent research and collaboration with the family of George and Phyllis Short. \nHere’s the link: \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85072858100?pwd=cE1NNzJ4RUlvNHVSbFVtWnRlbS9Odz09 \nMeeting ID: 850 7285 8100 \nPasscode: 447195
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-tuesday-meeting-tony-fox-will-talk-about-phyllis-short-lifelong-teesside-communist/
LOCATION:Venue to be notified
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230726T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230726T183000
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SUMMARY:CRAMLINGTON TRAIN WRECKERS (from Ed Waugh)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, July 26 @ 2pm & 6.30pm\nThe Hub\, Cramlington \nWe had 160 at the meetings about the Cramlington Train Wreckers on March 30 and the follow-up film/talk in July 26 has already attracted 75 people with seven weeks to go. \nThe event during the General Strike led to the imprisonment of eight Northumberland miners for a total of 48 years. \nA campaign by the labour and trade union movement got them out a lot earlier. It’s an incredible story. \nGiven it happened during the General Strike of 1926\, and we are approaching the centenary\, we are working with local organisations on the project. \nAlso Google: “Cramlington Train Wreckers” to see the work we’ve already done. \nWe have secured the rights to the 30-minute (1970) BBC film called Yesterday’s Witness\, about the Cramlington Train Wreckers. \nEd\n07960066377 \nTO PURCHASE TICKETS \n2pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cramlington-train-wreckers-a-30-minute1970-bbc-film-tickets-607220852917 \n6.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cramlington-train-wreckers-a-30-minute1970-bbc-film-tickets-607187172177
URL:https://nelh.net/event/cramlington-train-wreckers-from-ed-waugh/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230718T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230718T203000
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Meeting: Disruption and control: Contesting mobility regimes through the picket line in 1970s Britain with Diarmaid Kelliher by Zoom on 18 July at 7.00pm
DESCRIPTION:Through an account of the relationship between picket lines and drivers in Britain\, this talk thinks about questions of mobility in labour history. \nIt focuses on three moments in this period. First\, the 1972 miners’ strike\, when interactions between pickets and hauliers produced moments of powerful solidarity but also violent conflict. \nSecond\, debates around a legislative proposal to require drivers to stop and listen to pickets\, in which contrasting conceptions of mobility ‘rights’ were employed. \nThird\, the 1979 road haulage strike\, which demonstrated drivers’ own ability to disrupt the economy through picketing. At stake in all three was a question of power over movement. Such a focus draws attention to complex methods of control\, which can be missing in labour histories that emphasise the purely disruptive nature of industrial action and picketing. \nDiarmaid is a Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences at the University of Galsgow. \n  \n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/diarmaid-kelliher-glasgow-university-on-his-current-research-on-picket-lines-1966-to-1998/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230711T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230711T183000
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SUMMARY:Sunderland Minster\, Remember Srebrenica
DESCRIPTION:From Peter Sagar \nSunderland Minster\, 6.30pm\, 11 July \nAs some of you are aware\, 11th July marks the 28th anniversary of the terrible genocide at Srebrenica in Bosnia when 8372 innocent men and boys were murdered by Serbian forces\, during the war in the former Yugoslvaia. Other massacres also took place during that terrible conflict and all these as well as the events at Srebrenica are remembered by the Bosnian community in the North East every July. \nThis year the main ceremony in our region is in Sunderland at the Minster on 11th July and the proceedings begin at 6pm. These are always very moving and informative events and are very well worth attending. They are opportunities to remember those who lost their lives in the war in Bosnia and also consider how we should respond here in the Northeast in our communities\, to lessen hatred and help build strong communities that can work together to deal with the challenges we face. \nI hope some of you can attend.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/sunderland-minster-remember-srebrenica/
LOCATION:Sunderland Minster
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230706T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230706T230000
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SUMMARY:Songs and Politics of the Durham Coalfield
DESCRIPTION:Join Education4Action in celebrating the songs and politics of the Durham Coalfield with the Folk Music singer/songwriters The Elliot’s of Birtley\, and Benny Graham\, Pitmen Poet and giant of the North East Folk Scene. Mary Foy MP will also be speaking at the event and there will be a talk from Robert Gildea on his new book ‘Backbone of the Nation – the story of the support groups in 1984/5’ which E4A contributed to. \nBill Elliott (Elliott’s of Birtley) and Kevin Youldon have played Folk Music together for over 30 years and are well-known on the North East Folk scene. Ken Tonge is a fine Folk musician originally from Lancashire who is well-known on the local folk scene and has performed in Folk Clubs\, Festivals etc. for over 50 years. They all regularly perform in Beamish Museum and other venues. \nBenny Graham served his musical apprenticeship from 1967 in the folksong clubs of North East England such as in Birtley\, run by the Elliott family\, and Newcastle Folksong and Ballad (which featured among its regulars the High Level Ranters and Lou Killen) were at the forefront of the British folk revival. \nReal ale & bar food \nTickets: £5 on the door. Register in advance by emailing kathleenhconnolly@hotmail.co.uk
URL:https://nelh.net/event/songs-and-politics-of-the-durham-coalfield/
LOCATION:Durham City Rugby Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T170000
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SUMMARY:Sheffield Hallam University. Annual Chartism Conference on 17 June
DESCRIPTION:From Joan Allen \nThe annual Chartism Day conference is being held at Sheffield Hallam University on Saturday 17th June. \nEntry is free and includes a light lunch. However\, pre booking is required so that the organising team can order food and manage any food intolerances/allergies. \nFull details\, including the Eventbrite booking form\, can be found on the Society for the Study of Labour History website: https://sslh.org.uk/2023/05/01/chartism-day-2023/  Pre booking will close on 13th June.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/sheffield-hallam-university-annual-chartism-conference-on-17-june/
LOCATION:Sheffield Hallam University\, Room 1028\, Owen Building\, Sheffield\, S1 2LX
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230615T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230615T220000
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SUMMARY:Tyneside Irish Centre. Celebrating Our Traditions
DESCRIPTION:From Peter Sagar \nCelebrating Our Traditions is a series of multicultural events\, held at the Tyneside Irish Centre\, featuring our Northumbrian music and song as well as some of the many great cultural traditions\, which have been brought to our region by those who have to come to live here. It always makes for a great cultural mix and a lovely evening! \nThe next Celebrating Our Traditions event will be held in the Gallowgate Room\, Floor 2 at the Tyneside Irish Centre\, 43 Gallowgate NE1 4SG starting at 7.30 pm on Thursday 15 June. It will include contributions from the following: \nJamie Brown\, well-known northeast actor\, singer and musician singing songs with a local flavour. \nFrancis Jones and Amer Ratkusic reading poetry from Bosnia \nKoroush Nazery\, Iranian musician playing music from Iran \nPeter Sagar\, singer-songwriter\, singing Northumbrian songs both old and new\nIrish and other music tbc \nThe doors open at 7 pm on Thursday 15 June and it should be a great evening! It would be great to see you there and please pass this on to others who might be interested. People can get more information about this event by emailing peter0462@gmail.com.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/tynesdie-irish-centre-celebrating-our-traditions/
LOCATION:Tyneside Irish Centre\, 43 Gallowgate\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 4SG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230613T190000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: NELHS Tuesday Meeting: John Charlton will talk about the first volume of his autobiography: A Distant World\, Growing up on Tyneside in the Early Fifties.
DESCRIPTION:Tonight’s talk has been postponed due to illness. John is sorry he can’t make the meeting but we will re-arrange it for another time and\, in the meantime\, I’m sure we all wish him a very speedy recovery.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/postponed-nelhs-tuesday-meeting-john-charlton-will-talk-about-the-first-volume-of-his-autobiography-a-distant-world-growing-up-on-tyneside-in-the-early-fifties/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230606T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230606T153000
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SUMMARY:You are invited to Washington Heritage Partnership’s Summer Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 6th June 2023\, North East Land\, Sea and Air Museum\, from 12noon \nThose of you who attended our introductory event in February will be aware of how productive it was in helping everyone to find out more about how the Washington Heritage Partnership can benefit you and your groups/organisations.  Come along to our summer event\, which will be another great chance to bounce around ideas\, to explore the museum\, and also to hear from: \n\n Lizzy Baker of Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums will tell us about collections management and conservation: how do we best curate what we have?\nProject Choices will give some insights into how heritage volunteering can enhance the life- and work- skills of young people with autism\n\nThe event will also provide an opportunity for updates on:  \n\nFunding opportunities and grants for heritage and cultural organisation operating in Washington\, including an update on our Small Grants programme.\nFree and bespoke training and support opportunities.\n\nMost of all\, we want to hear from you! Share your insights and approaches\, and tell us what we can do to enrich the heritage offer in Washington. \nEvent itinerary \n  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n12:00-1:00pm \n\n\nLunch\, networking and a chance to explore the museum  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n1:00-1:30pm \n\n\nUpdates on Partnership Activities \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n1:30-1:50pm \n\n\nProject Choices – supporting young people with autism to become heritage volunteers \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n1:50-2:00pm \n\n\nComfort Break \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n2:00-3:00pm \n\n\nLizzy Baker\, TWAM – conservation\, curation and collections.  How do we care for and record the resources we hold? \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n3:00-3:30pm \n\n\nNetworking \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n3:30pm \n\n\nClose \n\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP by 5pm Friday 26th May so we can confirm catering\, either via this form or by replying to me at judithmurphy@communityopportunities.co.uk\, letting us know if you have any special dietary requirements. \nLooking forward to seeing you there. \nAll the best\nJude Murphy\nHeritage and Culture Development Coordinator\nWashington Heritage Partnership
URL:https://nelh.net/event/you-are-invited-to-washington-heritage-partnerships-summer-networking-event/
LOCATION:North East Land\, Sea and Air Museum\, Washington Road\, Sunderland\, SR5 3HZ
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SUMMARY:Northumbria University: Liberating Histories: Activist Legacies Roundtable. A discussion of feminist print magazines and their influence in the digital age
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speakers: Penny Remfry (Scarlet Women) Sharan Dhaliwal (Burnt Roti) Rosanne Rabinowitz (Bad Attitude) Artists Kate Taylor (Trouble & Strife) & Fanny Tribble (Spare Rib)\, further speakers to be confirmed. \nPlease sign up on Eventbrite \nFree lunch and wine reception included \nVisit our website to find out more about the project: \nhttps://liberatinghistories.org/ \nFollow us on Twitter: @LibHistories & Instagram: liberatinghistories
URL:https://nelh.net/event/northumbria-university-liberating-histories-activist-legacies-roundtable-a-discussion-of-feminist-print-magazines-and-their-influence-in-the-digital-age/
LOCATION:Hedley Suite\, Sandyford Building\, Northumbria University\, Newcastle upon Tyne
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230524T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230524T203000
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CREATED:20230420T143814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230505T222118Z
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SUMMARY:NELHS Meeting: 'Mutual Aid in the North East Past and Present' with Silvie Fisch and Rosie Serdiville
DESCRIPTION:Please note the date of this meeting has been moved from Tue 23 May to Wed 24 May: Tyneside Irish Centre. 7:00pm \nThe Topic\nBy the time of the first Covid lockdown\, the UK’s existing infrastructure of food banks and other formalised support services were inadequate in responding to the demands driven by the pandemic. Mutual Aid responders stepped in to “fill the gaps” between need and formalised support. \nThousands of ordinary people across the UK (and worldwide) took action and formed Mutual Aid groups. But while the groups emerged spontaneously in response to need\, Mutual Aid responders were drawing on traditions of mutuality\, solidarity and self-care that have a long history. \nIn their presentation Silvie Fisch and Rosie Serdiville will look at the past and present of Mutual Aid in the North East. This will include findings of the ‘Mutual Aid Oral History Project’ at Newcastle University. \nCollection\nIf you wish you will be able to donate to the Arthur’s Hill Solidarity Fund – for people who live in the inner west end of Newcastle\, intended for those who are struggling financially\, given on a no questions asked basis \nOur Speakers\nSilvie Fisch is the Director of Northern Cultural Projects\, a community history and cultural organisation\, and an Associate Researcher at the Oral History Unit and Collective at Newcastle University. She passionately believes in the power of culture to enhance the quality of life of vulnerable and disadvantaged people and communities. \nRosie Serdiville is a member of the NELHS Committee and Editor of North East History.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelhs-tuesday-meeting-mutual-aid-in-the-north-east-past-and-present-with-silvie-fisch-and-rosie-serdiville/
LOCATION:Tyneside Irish Centre\, 43 Gallowgate\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 4SG\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230520T143000
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CREATED:20230420T144827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T145113Z
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SUMMARY:Land of Oak and Iron. CLEAN AIR: Monkton Cokeworks. Talk and Book Signing by Gianfranco Rosolia
DESCRIPTION:Gianfranco Rosolia\, who gave an excellent talk at our recent meeting on the history of the Monkton Cokeworks\, will be speaking at theLand of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre on Saturday 20 May from 12.30 – 2.30pm for a “meet the author” & book-signing. \nThe address is Spa Well Road\, Winlaton Mill\, Blaydon upon Tyne\, NE21 6RU \nPeople can buy an author-signed copy of the paperback on his CLEAN AIR website: https://clean-air-book.square.site/ \nAlternatively the book is available in ebook\, paperback\, hardback and audiobook on Amazon:\nhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/CLEAN-AIR-Gianfranco-Rosolia/dp/1739102401
URL:https://nelh.net/event/land-of-oak-and-iron-clean-air-monkton-cokeworks-talk-and-book-signing-by-gianfranco-rosolia/
LOCATION:Land of Oak and Iron Heritage Centre\, Spa Well Road\, Winlaton Mill\, Blaydon on Tyne\, NE21 6RU
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230501T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230501T220000
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SUMMARY:May Day in South Tyneside
DESCRIPTION:From Paul Mayne \nSouth Tyneside Trades Council is organising a May Day Celebration\, which will be on Monday May 1st at the Alberta Social Club\, Railway Street\, Jarrow NE32 5HW starting at 7.00pm.  \nThe club is very close to Jarrow metro station on the Newcastle bound side. The speakers are: Kate Osbourne\, MP for Jarrow\, Emma Lewell Buck\, MP for South Shields and Terry McPartlan from the Centre for Unemployed Workers in Gateshead. \nEntertainment provided by the Shamrock Street Band. This will be a distance for some members to travel but the venue is not too inconvenient for folk near a metro station or who live in the Gateshead or South Tyneside areas. It would be nice to have a good turn out.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/may-day-in-south-tyneside/
LOCATION:Alberta Social Club\, Railway Street\, Jarrow\, NE32 5HW
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SUMMARY:2023 Tyne & Wear May Day celebration
DESCRIPTION:Assembly from 11 am at\nthe Bandstand\, Exhibition Park\, Newcastle \nBring your banners and placards! \nMarch leaves at 11.30 am\, led by the RMT Fishburn Band\nRally at Grey’s Monument at 12 noon \nSpeakers include:\nFRAN HEATHCOTE PCS president\nDAVE KING RMT national executive\nSUZANNE REID Unite regional coordinating officer\nLINDSEY GERMAN Stop the War Coalition convenor\nplus supporting local speakers\n___________________________________________\nSocial after the rally at the\nTyneside Irish Centre\n43 Gallowgate NE1 4SG\nLunchtime food available\nEntertainment from the BELTA REIVERS
URL:https://nelh.net/event/2023-tyne-wear-may-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Grey’s Monument\, Newcastle upon Tyne
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230411T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230411T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T184630
CREATED:20221027T175748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T095427Z
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting. Gianfranco Rosolia: Clean Air\, the long community struggle against the environmental damage caused by the Monkton Coke Works
DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87434759208?pwd=ZFdMU3YrcFlvdVd4Mk9XRm1rRlBXdz09 \nMeeting ID: 874 3475 9208\nPasscode: 912756 \nThe inspirational true story of a dynamic Geordie woman’s rise from ordinary housewife to remarkable environmentalist.\n‘An inspirational true story about female empowerment\, grassroots activism and environmental justice. What an eloquent spokesperson Jennie Shearan was.’ Sting \n‘A wonderful record of Jennie Shearan’s extraordinary campaign for environme ntal justice. CLEAN AIR recounts the vision\, courage\, and staying power of Jennie and her close colleagues in the Hebburn Residents’ Action Group. They provided hope for countless people.’ – Jonathon Porritt CBE \n‘Jennie Shearan was a remarkable woman who was rooted in – and utterly devoted to – her local community. CLEAN AIR is a timely reminder of the importance of honouring women such as Jennie who can inspire others to follow her example of pursuing worthwhile causes and giving selfless public service.’ – Baroness Joyce Quin\, former Europe Minister‘An inspiring story of an indomitable woman fighting for the health and well-being of a poor community against the combined power and influence of big business\, supine regulators\, and government.’ – Dr Wendy Le-Las \n******************************************** \nGianfranco Rosolia is a Literature graduate from the University of Cambridge and has an MBA from Bayes Business School. CLEAN AIR is his first book. Born and raised in the North East of England\, he currently lives in Austin\, Texas with his partner Michelle. \nJennie Shearan and the Hebburn Residents’ Action Group deeply loved their community. They put their heart and spirit into improving the lives of ordinary people. Their redoubtable efforts left a deeply positive and long-lasting legacy\, giving thousands of people hope for a stronger and healthier future and transforming their quality of life. \nTo continue their good work\, all proceeds from CLEAN AIR will go directly to three charities that represent what Jennie was fighting for: \nFriends of the Earth: https://friendsoftheearth.uk\nThe Environmental Law Foundation: https://elflaw.org\nHebburn Helps: https://hebburnhelps.co.uk
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-tuesday-meeting-gianfranco-rosolia-clean-air-the-long-community-struggle-against-the-environmental-damage-caused-by-the-monkton-coke-works/
LOCATION:Venue to be notified
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230324T193000
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SUMMARY:The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists at the Tyneside Irish Centre
DESCRIPTION:Neil Gore’s brilliant one man show returns to Tyneside Irish Centre on 24th March 2023\nThe Ragged Trousered Philanthropists  adapted by Neil Gore from the book by Robert Tressell\, directed by Louise Townsend \nNeil Gore\, presents a one-person version of the classic novel by Robert Tressell featuring projection\, political conjuring tricks\, live music and song. Meet the famous characters and enjoy the scenes\, speeches and songs\, featuring the Great Money Trick as its centrepiece. \nThis enduring and absorbing classic story of a year in the life of a group of Edwardian painters and decorators is brought to life by Neil Gore using his extensive knowledge of the book and the play\, having performed it in many versions over forty years. \n‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ follows a group of workers as they renovate ‘The Cave’\, a three-storey town house\, for Mayor Sweater. It traces their hardships and struggles for survival in a complacent and stagnating Edwardian England.  \nThese workers are the ‘philanthropists’ who throw themselves into back-breaking work for poverty wages in order to generate profit for their masters. They are joined by artist Owen\, whose spirited attacks on the dishonesty of Capitalism along with his Socialist vision\, highlights the exploitation in their workplace but also focuses on the inequality in society as a whole. \nTickets £15\, £10 concesssions.-  available on Eventbrite:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/518591379777 or contact us on 0191 261 0385 or at tyneirishcs@gmail.com
URL:https://nelh.net/event/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-at-the-tyneside-irish-centre/
LOCATION:Tyneside Irish Centre\, 43 Gallowgate\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 4SG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T203000
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CREATED:20221027T175533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T092540Z
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting. Charlie McGuire (Teesside University): The 1980 Steel Strike on Teesside
DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82005871102?pwd=NVZvSEhwcHpwejRySG1JZFMxaDdIZz09\n \nMeeting ID: 820 0587 1102\nPasscode: 043412\n  \nThe focus of the talk is the 1980 national steelworkers’ strike and its impact in Teesside. This was the first national industrial conflict between trade unions and Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government\, which had been elected seven months earlier. Lasting three months\, from January-April 1980\, it was – up to that point – the largest strike in post-1945 British history\, involving over 100\,000 workers and accounting for almost 9 million working days.  \nIt was the first national strike in the history of the British steel industry (excluding the General Strike of 1926) and was characterised by very high levels of activism from the workers\, in the form of mass picketing\, widespread secondary picketing\, and involvement in the numerous strike committees that were organised throughout the steel-producing regions in Britain. The outcome of the strike was a higher pay increase for workers\, but this was accompanied with a continuation of the closures and redundancies programme; by the end of the 13-month period from the finish of the strike to May 1981\, British Steel Corporation\, under its new Chairman\, Ian McGregor\, had shed over 55\,000 jobs. \nTeesside was heavily dependent on steel as a source of employment. In 1980\, around 21\,000 people worked in the region’s steel plants\, including Hartlepool\, Redcar-Lackenby\, South Bank and Cargo Fleet among others. Therefore when the strike was called\, it proved to be a significant social\, economic and political event. The strike was very well-supported and organised in the local steel works. However\, in the years following the strike\, job losses hit the Teesside steel industry and by 1986 employment was down to just 7\,000. This talk will explore the strike and discuss its difficult aftermath in this region.   \nCharlie McGuire is a senior lecturer in history at Teesside University. His main research areas are in Irish and British labour history. Charlie’s PhD was a study of the career of Irish socialist and labour movement activist Roddy Connolly\, who was the son of James Connolly. This formed the basis of the book Roddy Connolly and the Struggle for Socialism in Ireland\, published by Cork University Press in 2008. His second monograph Sean McLoughlin: Ireland’s Forgotten Revolutionary was published by Merlin Press in 2011 and focused on the life of a little-known but significant figure of the Irish Revolution. \nCharlie continues to research in Irish labour history\, and is also interested in oral histories of working lives and trade union struggles in Britain. He was part of a major oral history project at Westminster University that focused on building worker trade unionism in post-war Britain and is currently researching an oral history study of the 1980 national steelworkers strike\, which will be published by Manchester University Press.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-tuesday-meeting-charlie-mcguire-teesside-university-the-1980-steel-strike-on-teesside/
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SUMMARY:Special Event\, Bosnia and the North East. Newcastle City Library
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 18th March there will be a special event in Newcastle to celebrate the links between North East England and Bosnia. All are welcome\, especially those involved in education and in trade unions. The event will hear from a number of speakers related to educational and trade union work around the links between the North East and Bosnia. \nThen we will plan to do groundbreaking work over the next two years in the areas of education and trade union activism. \nWe will plan to increase awareness of what happened in Bosnia in the 1990’s\, how we can learn from it here and how we can work to get more schools to teach about these issues. We will plan to get the Bosnia Education Trust into more schools and also strengthen the Newcastle schools of sanctuary scheme. \nWe will also plan to let more people in the North East know about the strong trade union links between Bosnia and the North East in the past\, how miners in Bosnia helped miners in this country during the 1984/5 strike and how trade unionists in the North East helped Bosnians during the war in the 1990’s\, through Workers Aid for Bosnia. We will also plan how we can strengthen the international links between trade unions in the Northeast and Bosnia. \nThe story of North East links with Bosnia can be found on the NELHS website here: From-Tuzla-to-Tyneside.docx (live.com) \nSpeakers include: \nSmajo Beso\, Bosnia Education Trust \nShirley Allen-Jackson\, WEA Area Education Manager Union Learning \nRosie Tapsfield\, Newcastle Schools of Sanctuary \nErin Parker\, daughter of Workers Aid for Bosnia NE coordinator Tony Parker  \n10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday 18th MarchBewick Room\, City Library\, New Bridge Street West\, Newcastle\, NE1 8AX \nPlease join us for what will be an uplifting and important meeting. \nFor more information please contact Peter Sagar at peter0462@gmail.com
URL:https://nelh.net/event/special-event-bosnia-and-the-north-east-newcastle-city-library/
LOCATION:Bewick Room\, Newcastle City Library\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 8AX
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230221T190000
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting. Jude Murphy: Routes of Social Change (WEA Project)
DESCRIPTION:Routes of Social Change https://wea-historywalks.org.uk is an ongoing pilot project funded by Lipman Miliband Trust and WEA’s own Volunteer Innovation Fund.  During lockdown\, several of us at WEA were struck by the growth in interest in self-guided soundwalks.  Obviously\, this kind of activity was going to grow when you were limited to outdoor activity in your own back yard.  As we explored the idea further\, we realised there were alternative approaches that we wanted to trial.  We wanted any walks we developed to reflect lesser-told stories.  We wanted to show the landscape as something dynamic\, affected by and in turn affecting social change.  We opted to focus on four areas rich in tales of industrial and post-industrial transformation: along the Sustrans C2C route from Beamish to Consett; Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s sites relating to human rights and social justice; along the river Wear in Sunderland; and from Dunston Staithes\, across the river into Ouseburn and Byker. \nConsidering the rich mix of skills among the volunteers in the NE History and Heritage Branch\, it was clear that simple soundwalks might limit our ability to successfully communicate our message.  We wanted to incorporate visual arts\, photography\, maps and video.  This required a whole new platform and luckily we had a volunteer with superb digital skills who was seeking a new challenge. What followed was a pilot project that increased our awareness of the exciting possibilities of this kind of platform\, but also the difficult editorial decisions that it brings.  How to relate a nuanced social history in segments of no more than 4 minutes?  What happens if some parts of the map are rich in stories while others have few points of interest? What about if every point of interest on a certain segment is quite depressing? There are as yet unexplored possibilities of digital archives to enrich the material presented on each walk\, and this may address some of these issues. \nThe presentation to NELHS will involve sharing some of these stories and their dissemination\, but also consultation with members of the society to explore ways to improve and extend these walks. \nJude Murphy’s PhD was on Tyneside Culture and the Second Folk Revival\, and she has continued to explore social and cultural history of the region through several projects for WEA\, WHIST\, Education 4 Action and in collaboration with local universities. Her latest role is Heritage and Culture Development Coordinator with Community Opportunities Washington.
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-tuesday-meeting-jude-murphy-routes-of-social-change-wea-project-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230211T110000
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SUMMARY:North Shields: Stuart Barlow on The Hidden History of Robert Lowery
DESCRIPTION:I am doing a talk at the Old Low Light Heritage Centre\, North Shields NE30 1JE on Saturday 11 February at 11.00am which is about\, what I have called\, the hidden history of Robert Lowery\, the North Shields man who was one of the leaders of the Chartist movement.  \nThe talk will cover his birth in North Shields\, his life and exploits as a child and young man\, and how he become involved in what was going on around him at a time when there was much agitation in the area for Lord Grey’s Reform Act. From this Lowery began speaking publicly locally which led to him being involved in Chartism nationally. \n People can find out more about the talk and how to book a place on the Old Low Light Heritage Centre web site at: \nhttps://oldlowlight.co.uk/event/heritage-talk-a-north-shields-hidden-history-robert-lowery-chartist-leader/
URL:https://nelh.net/event/north-shields-stuart-barlow-on-the-hidden-history-of-robert-lowery/
LOCATION:The Old Low Light\, Clifford’s Fort\, North Shields Fish Quay\, North Shields\, NE30 1JE
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230117T190000
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting. Andy McSmith: Five Russians in the North East of England
DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82279384542?pwd=K0o2RjAzRTBldW45RWZaNENaeTlGUT09 \nMeeting ID: 822 7938 4542\nPasscode: 470843 \n\nFrom the 1880s until the Bolshevik revolution\, Tyneside hosted a number of Russians who lived strange and sometimes dangerous lives. They were few\, but fascinating. \nThe first was an anarchist and aristocrat wanted by the Russian police since his escape from a fortress prison in St Petersburg\, There was a writer who\, unknowingly\, was a major influence on British post war literature; a Bolshevik whom Lenin described as the “favourite of the whole party”\, and several who used false names abroad to hide their secrets. \nEach was to be found at different times in Newcastle\, and one of them had a searing memory of something terrible that happened in Whitley Bay. \n\nAndy McSmith is an author and journalist whose interest in the subject originated during the nine years he lived in Newcastle. His published works include a history of famous artists who lived in Russia during Stalin’s time. \n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-tuesday-meeting-andy-mcsmith-five-russians-in-the-north-east-of-england/
LOCATION:Zoom
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