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SUMMARY:Durham City: An invite is extended to all  members of NELHS  to attend the National Women Against Pit Closures 40th Anniversary March
DESCRIPTION:The parade of banners will  assemble at Palace Green (Cathedral) at 12.30  where we will sing the Women’s Song  and the Riverside Brass Band will play Gresford and at 1pm  we will parade down Saddler Street and then on to Elvet Bridge led by the Riverside Brass Band. The parade will end outside the Swan and Three Cygnets with another song and the band playing Sweet Caroline. We would love you to join in with us or just watch from the street. \nThere is also a performance by Joe Solo outside Dunelm House (Durham Students Union building in New Elvet) and Durham miners’ banners will  provide a guard of honour for the women of the coalfields. \nThere will be an event in Dunelm House in the afternoon which unfortunately is sold out but a few places remain for the evening (again in Dunelm) please click on the following link if you want tickets for it. \nhttps://forms.gle/yXy4mFp4YV9tDBjd9
URL:https://nelh.net/event/durham-city-an-invite-is-extended-to-all-members-of-nelhs-to-attend-the-national-women-against-pit-closures-40th-anniversary-march/
LOCATION:Palace Green\, Durham Cathedral\, Durham
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SUMMARY:South Shields: The Cramlington Train Wreckers & The Role Of Women In The 1926 And 1984/85 Miners' Strikes
DESCRIPTION:On March 10\, 1926\, seven days into the General Strike\, striking miners uncoupled a rail on the main line from London to Edinburgh. Their intention was to derail a coal train they felt was undermining the strike. Unfortunately\, they derailed a passenger train – the Flying Scotsman! \nOf the 281 passengers on board\, only one person was slightly injured. \nEight Cramlington miners were sentenced to prison for their part in the derailing. The leader of the wreckers was Bill Muckle who was born in Westoe. The Judge who sentenced them was also from Westoe. The first part of the day school tells their story. Were they terrorists or workers defending their jobs and community? \nPart two will focus on women’s involvement in two of the most significant strikes in 20th Century British history: the 1926 General Strike and the 1984/84 Miner’s Strike. \nProgramme for event: \n\nWelcome\nTalk – Introduction to the Cramlington Train Wreckers Film\nFilm – 30-minute BBC Film. “The Cramlington Train Wreckers”. Originally shown in 1970 as part of the Yesterday’s Witness series\, this incredible historical documentary features “volunteers” who manned the Flying Scotsman and the four surviving striking miners who derailed the train.\nBreak for tea and coffee\nTalk – The role of women in the 1926 General Strike\nTalk – The role of women in the 1984/85 miner’s strike. Marking the 40th Anniversary of the start of the strike.\n\nThis event will include songs and recitations and Q&As. \nTickets\, limited to 100\, are only £5 per person and can be purchased via: \nCramlington Train Wreckers Day School at The Word Tickets\, Sun 10 Mar 2024 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
URL:https://nelh.net/event/south-shields-the-cramlington-train-wreckers-the-role-of-women-in-the-1926-and-1984-85-miners-strikes/
LOCATION:The Word\, 45 Market Place\, South Shields\, NE33 1JF
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SUMMARY:NELH Tuesday Meeting: Heather Wood\, Just A Pit Lass\, an account of growing up and living in Easington Colliery
DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83987112493?pwd=SDlHN3JCUTgxQ0JlckhoaDRrd1NKUT09\nMeeting ID: 839 8711 2493\nPasscode: 768850 \nBorn and raised in Easington\, the daughter of a miner and from a family of strong working class women\, Heather Wood has been involved in virtually every aspect of her community\, not least her work with Save Easington Area Mines (SEAM)\, a group that provided crucial support for striking miners in 1984/85. More recently\, she’s had roles in two Ken Loach films\, ‘Sorry We Missed You’ and ‘The Old Oak’. \nAnd now she has written her autobiography\, ‘Just A Pit Lass’. As she says\, “It’s always been a goal of mine to write my story\, which in so many ways is the story of many\, many working class folk. Our history is not often written by those who lived it so in my mind it’s not been in depth\, and it has certainly\, on many occasions\, not been in our favour. I have no doubt it will never win any great place in the literary world but it’s there\, it’s down and it’s all true.” \n 
URL:https://nelh.net/event/nelh-tuesday-meeting-heather-wood-just-a-pit-lass-an-account-of-growing-up-and-living-in-easington-colliery/
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