After an initial sell-out run in England in 2024, The Cramlington Train Wreckers comes to Waterfront Hall Studio on 09 July 2026 to commemorate the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
The Cramlington Train Wreckers is an incredible story of working-class solidarity.
The 1926 General Strike was the outer ripples of the revolutionary current that had engulfed Europe after WWI. The Tory Government prepared for civil war.
On 10 May, day seven of the General Strike, striking miners in Cramlington, Northumberland, North-East England, inadvertently derailed the
Flying Scotsman with 281 people on board. No one died.
The only injury was minor, to a man’s foot.
Eight Northumberland miners were sentenced to 48 years’ imprisonment in Maidstone, Kent - 330 miles away from their families.
Due to labour and trade union pressure, the eight Cramlington lads only served half of their harsh sentences, returning home as heroes.
The General Strike of 1926 proved that, if united, the working-class - the people who actually create the wealth - are willing to struggle together for a new and more equal society.
An incredible, heart-warming story about community and solidarity.
