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Ghost Dancers

John — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:06:03 +0000

Location: Irish Centre Newcastle
Description: Dave Douglass introduces GHOST DANCERS, the final volume his mining trilogy, launched to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the end of the miners’ strike. Dave Douglass is a long-standing and well-known member of the National Union of Mineworkers in the Durham and Doncaster coalfields and was a coalminer for 40-plus years

Hence this is a first-person, insider’s view, of, probably, the last generation of miners and their union. It explores the great coal strike of 1984/85 and the background to it and explodes the prevailing myths around that epic period, and corrects the inaccuracies in dozens of previous books on the subject. It also uniquely deals with the post strike period.
In relating these events Dave has not sought to exclude those smaller, more personal aspects that intersect this trajectory and link the personal to the political, the major to the minor.

Start Time: 7 p.m.
Date: 2010-09-07

Hester Barron Book Launch

Val — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Title: Hester Barron Book Launch
Location: Durham Clayport Library
Description: Hester Barron introduces her recent book about the 1926 Durham Miners Lockout
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2010-07-09

Dave Douglass- Ghost Dancers

Val — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Title: Dave Douglass- Ghost Dancers
Location: Newcastle Irish Centre
Description: Dave introduces the final volume of his mining trilogy launched to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the miners’ strike.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-07-06

Thomas Spence Celebration

Val — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Title: Thomas Spence Celebration
Location: Newcastle lit & Phil Society
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-06-21

Martz and Marketing: Another Declining Rural Industry?

John — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:09:22 +0000

Next Meeting – North East Labour History Society

Thursday 10^th June, 7 pm at Newcastle Lit & Ph

Ian Roberts

Martz and Marketing: Another Declining Rural Industry?

Ian will be giving an illustrated talk with a short film of the last sheep sale in Bellingham.

He will consider the demise of local markets, the impact of the railways and supermarket policies on rural life along with issues such as rural isolation.

This is guaranteed to be a fascinating talk and NOT one to be missed!

Labour History Seminars

John — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:13:13 +0000

Wednesday, 12 May 2010:

Chris Wrigley (Nottingham University):

“Memories, Spaces and Places: Red May Days 120 Years Ago”

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Room 121 (Gallery Suite), Lipman Building, Northumbria University

Wednesday, 19 May 2010:

Anthony Edmonds (Ball State University) and Sylvia Ellis (Northumbria University):

“Harold Wilson, the Labour Movement and the Vietnam War”

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Room 033, Lipman Building, Northumbria University