Education
He was educated at Heaton Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne followed by Dudley College of Education.
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John Charlton
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Career
He is a graduate of York and Leeds universities and worked as a school teacher in Newcastle (1959–1964). Charlton lectured in History and Politics, Leeds Polytechnic (1970–1989) and Leeds University (1990–1999). He is closely involved in the North East Labour History Society and has been Secretary and Editor of the Society’s journal, North East History.
Currently (2010-2011) he is leader of a Heritage Lottery Funded project, Mapping Popular Politics in the north east of England which has both an archive searching element and an oral history element.
He is working on a Peoples’ History of North East England.
Membership
He was a founding member (1961) of the Newcastle Branch of the International Socialists ( Instruction Section) and has been a member of the Instruction Section and Socialist Workers Party in York, Leeds and Newcastle.
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Political Party
Socialist Workers Party