Wor Bella - A talk with local playwright Ed Waugh

Wor Bella, a tribute to the heroic North East women who played football during World War 1.

Factory teams of "munitionettes" formed on Teesside, County Durham, Wearside, Tyneside and Northumberland to raise money for wartime charities. The average gate at Croft Park, Blyth, was 4,000 and Blyth Spartans Ladies played Bolcklow Vaughan (Middlesbrough) in front of 18,000 people at the inaugural 1918 Munitionettes Cup final at St James' Park, Newcastle, and later 22,000 at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough.Bella Reay played centre forward for Blyth Spartans Ladies and scored 33 goals in 30 matches. She was the Alan Shearer of her day. http://www.worbella.co.uk

Playwright Ed Waugh, whose work includes Hadaway Harry, Carrying David, The Great Joe Wilson and Mr Corvan's Music Hall, will speak about women's football in WW1..

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bewick Hall, Level 2, Newcastle City Library, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom