North East Labour History

Shoe Tree Arts invites you to the Magic Hat Café, Higham House, Higham Place, NE1 8AF on 30th November 7pm for the launch of ‘Testimonies’, a film created as part of the Food for Thought: Newcastle Corn Riots 1740 project. It will be shown with a film of the song ‘Geordie Barleycorn’ also written and produced for […]

From Dr. Jo Shoebridge, Durham University We’re delighted to share details with you about our December World Heritage lecture, which is now available for booking! Tuesday 6th December 6pm, Pemberton Rooms, Palace Green, Durham Redhills World Heritage - who would have thought it? Following on from our previous two lectures discussing serial World Heritage nominations, […]

The Society's Christmas Quiz hosted by Peter Brabban will take place this Tuesday 13 December at 7.00pm, all are welcome and here's the link: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84526575104?pwd=dlRQWVVxRUkzaWF2UnhiMzdZa2tyQT09 Meeting ID: 845 2657 5104 Passcode: 507574

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82279384542?pwd=K0o2RjAzRTBldW45RWZaNENaeTlGUT09 Meeting ID: 822 7938 4542 Passcode: 470843 From the 1880s until the Bolshevik revolution, Tyneside hosted a number of Russians who lived strange and sometimes dangerous lives. They were few, but fascinating. The first was an anarchist and aristocrat wanted by the Russian police since his escape from a fortress prison […]

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.  The talk will cover his birth in North […]

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 […]

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. Then […]

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82005871102?pwd=NVZvSEhwcHpwejRySG1JZFMxaDdIZz09   Meeting ID: 820 0587 1102 Passcode: 043412   The 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 […]

Neil Gore's brilliant one man show returns to Tyneside Irish Centre on 24th March 2023 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists  adapted by Neil Gore from the book by Robert Tressell, directed by Louise Townsend Neil Gore, presents a one-person version of the classic novel by Robert Tressell featuring projection, political conjuring tricks, live music and song. Meet […]

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87434759208?pwd=ZFdMU3YrcFlvdVd4Mk9XRm1rRlBXdz09 Meeting ID: 874 3475 9208 Passcode: 912756 The inspirational true story of a dynamic Geordie woman's rise from ordinary housewife to remarkable environmentalist. 'An inspirational true story about female empowerment, grassroots activism and environmental justice. What an eloquent spokesperson Jennie Shearan was.' Sting ‘A wonderful record of Jennie Shearan's extraordinary campaign for […]