59 Society Reunion
Title: 59 Society Reunion
Location: Various places
Description: A reunion of comrades from the left in early sixties Tyneside
Start Date: 2009-09-18
Start Time: 20.30
In 1959 following Labour’s third successive election defeat a group of young people started a socialist group in Newcastle. It rapidly grew from a handful to several hundred across the region. It connected with the new movement against the H-Bomb and those involved marched from Aldermaston, sat down at Holy Loch and Parliament Square and took part in numerous local marches on the issue and also against Apartheid in South Africa. Many were involved in the music, art, drama and poetry scenes that flourished from the late 1950′s.This year marks the fiftieth anniversay and participants are coming together in Newcastle in September to celebrate. The events are public including a social on Saturday night, September 19th at the North Terrace on Claremont Road.
Also to mark the event, Merlin Press in association with North East Labour History Society, will publish a new book, Don’t you hear the H-Bomb’s Thunder by John Charlton, which tells this story from the memories of many participants.
