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SUMMARY:North East Labour History Society. Annual General Meeting. Don Watson will be speaking about Amateur drama in the unemployed clubs of 1930s Britain
DESCRIPTION:In 1932 one government response to mass unemployment was to fund the National Council for Voluntary Service to set up clubs and social centres for the unemployed. They offered members materials and instruction in boot-repair\, carpentry\, and allotment gardening\, clothes making and alteration. Some like Rock House in Seaham and the Spennymoor Settlement also provided discussion-based adult education. Alongside this the British Drama League offered instructors in drama to develop amateur theatre groups among the members. Around half of the unemployed clubs on Tyneside had a drama group by 1938. \nThe talk will look at how impoverished communities were encouraged to make theatre through this scheme. It will take examples from around the country\, and discuss issues around unemployed men and women developing their own plays\, including plays about their own situations. These unemployed clubs were criticised both at the time and since as designed to distract the workless from their situation\, and to diffuse discontent and unrest. This talk will argue that nevertheless some independent spaces were opened up for social commentary\, participation and community theatre. \nDon Watson is a NELHS committee member. His book\, Theatre with a Purpose: Amateur Drama in Britain 1919-1949 was published by Methuen/Bloomsbury in 2024.
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LOCATION:Tyneside Irish Centre\, 43 Gallowgate\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 4SG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Olive Branch\, Stockton. Volunteers for Liberty Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:For the past seven years men from Teesside who volunteered to fight fascism and defended democracy during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 have been remembered at a special commemorative event\, thirty Two Teesside volunteers served in the International Brigade in Spain\, of these ten lost their lives. \nThis year our Teesside Volunteers for Liberty memorial event will be held in Stockton. \nAs part of its 2020 centenary the Communist Party of Britain worked with the Communist Party of Spain and the International Brigade Memorial Trust to host a series of wreath laying events across the country in honour of the Volunteers for Liberty who died fighting fascism in Spain\, these events were held on the anniversary of the International Brigade’s Farwell parade that had taken place on 28th October 1938.\n\nIn the North East of England the North East Volunteers for Liberty have worked with the Communist Party of Britain and the Communist Party of Spain to host annual events held simultaneously on Teesside and Newcastle. Last year we held a commemorative event in Sunderland for the first time.\nWhat makes these events very special is that we are joined by relatives of some of the Volunteers and relatives of some of the Basque refugee children who were evacuated to our area following the bombing of Guernica in 1937\, this year will be no exception. \nThis year we will hold the commemoration in The Songbird in Stockton – https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Songbird-61583615587234/ here we will especially remember the ten Teesside volunteers who lost their lives in Spain.\nBeneath the Stockton International Brigade Memorial we will especially remember the nine Stockton men who volunteered for the International Brigade\, especially Ron Dennison\, born in Stockton he was a Billingham town councillor before he left his home in Crescent Avenue\, Billingham to fight Fascism in Spain and tragically lost his life. We will share news on the Ron Dennison memorial\, due to be dedicated next year. \nSpeaking at the commemoration will be representatives from both the Communist Parties of Britain and of Spain\, members of the North East Volunteers for Liberty We will also hear from the Association of the UK Basque children\, the Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d’Italia. \nRefreshments will be available from our hosts. \nWe will also have music and poetry from:\nFrancis David\, Sara Dennis\, Fauconberg\, Ron Brown and Harry Gallagher \nEnquiries to NEVolunteersforliberty@gmail.com \nAnd here is the link for information about the commemoration at The Olive Branch\, 9 – 10 Silver Court\, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1SL on Sunday 25 October at 4.00pm.\n \nhttps://www.facebook.com/share/18FBwegxAi/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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LOCATION:The Olive Branch\, 9 - 10 Silver Court\, Stockton-on-Tees\, TS18 1SL
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