Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
👉In our print shop, the printers will be talking about the printing strike.
👉'Stop everything on wheels' and protesting in The 1900s Town street at 11.30am and 2pm on the weekends and Bank Holiday Monday.
👉Bill Elliott from the Elliott's of Birtley to introduce a film about mining with songs afterwards at 1.30pm in The Pit Village Chapel.
👉Head to The 1900s Pit Village to learn about the work the safety men and management did to keep the essential work of the collieries going during the lockout.
Find out more here - beamish.org.uk/events/centenary-of-the-general-strike
This is included in admission and free to Beamish Unlimited Pass holders and Friends of Beamish members.
👉In our print shop, the printers will be talking about the printing strike.
👉'Stop everything on wheels' and protesting in The 1900s Town street at 11.30am and 2pm on the weekends and Bank Holiday Monday.
👉Bill Elliott from the Elliott's of Birtley to introduce a film about mining with songs afterwards at 1.30pm in The Pit Village Chapel.
👉Head to The 1900s Pit Village to learn about the work the safety men and management did to keep the essential work of the collieries going during the lockout.
Find out more here - beamish.org.uk/events/centenary-of-the-general-strike
This is included in admission and free to Beamish Unlimited Pass holders and Friends of Beamish members.
