North East Labour History

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. The address is Spa Well Road, Winlaton Mill, Blaydon upon Tyne, NE21 6RU People can […]

Please note the date of this meeting has been moved from Tue 23 May to Wed 24 May: Tyneside Irish Centre. 7:00pm The Topic By 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. […]

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. Please sign up on Eventbrite Free lunch and wine reception included Visit our website to find out more about the project: https://liberatinghistories.org/ Follow us on […]

Tuesday 6th June 2023, North East Land, Sea and Air Museum, from 12noon Those 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 […]

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.

From Peter Sagar Celebrating 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 […]

From Joan Allen The annual Chartism Day conference is being held at Sheffield Hallam University on Saturday 17th June. Entry 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. Full details, including the Eventbrite booking form, can be found on […]

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 […]

From Peter Sagar Sunderland Minster, 6.30pm, 11 July As 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 […]

Through an account of the relationship between picket lines and drivers in Britain, this talk thinks about questions of mobility in labour history. It 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. Second, debates around a […]