The New Hartley Colliery Disaster
This event on 26th January 2012 at 17:30 has past.
To commemorate the anniversary of the 1862 disaster, Norman Jackson will give a talk followed by a poetry reading and music, launching a new book about the Hartley Calamity, edited by Keith Armstrong and published by Northern Voices Community Projects. Keith Armstrong, Catherine Graham and others will read poems and stories from the new book including Joseph Skipsey's Hartley ballad, with singer/songwriter Gary Miller performing Keith’s Hartley lyric and other mining songs and piper Chris Ormston performing his Lament for Hartley and other appropriate tunes. Copies of the book will be available for sale during the event.
Entry: Free event, no booking required
Time: 5:30pm
North Of England Institute Of Mining & Mechanical Engineers
Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 1SE, GB
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