Est. 1967 · Britain’s oldest regional labour history society
north east labour history society
Labour, trade union, women, ethnic diversity, culture and environmental activism.
An open, searchable record of radical and popular political activity across North East England — built by volunteers in the region’s archives, libraries and communities, spanning the seventeenth century to the present day.
Search the popular politics database…Search →Most of what the project gathered is held in a searchable database — topics, people, organisations and events from across the region’s history of popular and radical politics.
It has since grown with material from the 2007 Tyne & Wear Remembering Slavery project and ongoing work by volunteers, and it continues to be added to as new material comes to light.
A book by John Charlton, the project’s leader, telling the story of what was uncovered.
About the book →PDF ToolkitA practical guide for researchers working in archives. Free to download.
Download PDF →PDF ToolkitGuidance for recording and using oral history. Free to download.
Download PDF →Get involvedHave papers or records of popular politics in private hands? Help us give them a safe home.
Get in touch →The project ran until March 2013, closing with a celebration of 100 people at Newcastle’s Central Library. Volunteers worked across the region’s archives, libraries and communities — including an oral history strand — adding greatly to what we know of popular political life from the seventeenth century to today.
