On Wednesday 22 October, Mike Greatbatch will give a talk entitled ‘Mills, mines and factories: Ouseburn before 1850’.

Mike has over fifteen years experience of researching the history of the Ouseburn and is currently working on a series of research papers for publication. He is a Committee member of the North East Labour History Society and is one of the co-ordinators of the society’s ‘People’s History of the North East project, supporting a group of volunteers at Newcastle City Library. Mike’s paper on Chartism in the Ouseburn (1838-1848) was published in North East History in 2013, and his latest research project is an examination of the Poor Law administration in Byker Township from c1820.

The culvert was built c 1907-11 but the Ouseburn viaduct in the background was opened in 1839

To book for the talk, which takes place at the Corner House Hotel on Heaton Road, please contact: maria@heatonhistorygroup.org / 07763 985656 (as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!). Free for members. £2 for non members. We ask you to be in your seat by 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start so that we can give unclaimed seats to people on our reserve list.