North East Labour History
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 […]
Assembly from 11 am at the Bandstand, Exhibition Park, Newcastle Bring your banners and placards! March leaves at 11.30 am, led by the RMT Fishburn Band Rally at Grey’s Monument at 12 noon Speakers include: FRAN HEATHCOTE PCS president DAVE KING RMT national executive SUZANNE REID Unite regional coordinating officer LINDSEY GERMAN Stop the War […]
From Paul Mayne South 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. The club is very close to Jarrow metro station on the Newcastle bound side. The speakers are: Kate Osbourne, MP for Jarrow, Emma […]
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 […]