Wiltshire radical history lessons

Thanks to Eugene Byrne for passing this on. A free day of talks about the radical history of Wiltshire, from machine breakers to communist councillors

WILTSHIRE HISTORY DAY: Working-class episodes

Saturday November 6^th 2010 

St Margaret’s Hall, Bradford-on Avon, 10am – 2.30pm Admission free

 

Prof. Adrian Randall, Birmingham University:

“Thomas Helliker and the Wiltshire machine-breakers”

 

Nigel Costley, Secretary, South West Region Trades Union Congress:

“Captain Swing rioters”

 

Steve Poole, Principal History Lecturer, University of the West of England:

“Chartism in rural Wiltshire, 1838-1842”

 

Derique Montaut, Labour Party Leader, Swindon Borough Council:

“Strikes and Socialism in Swindon in the 1960’s and 1970’s”

 

Dave Chapple, CWU and Rosie McGregor, UNISON:

“Phyllis and Idris Rose: Trowbridge communist councillors”

 

ORGANISED BY WHITE HORSE (WILTSHIRE) TRADES UNION COUNCIL

For further details contact Andy Newman on andyd1961 AT yahoo.co.uk

Comments

[Jeff Osborn]

Looks like a worthwhile event.

I only chanced upon it in doing some local historical research on the net.

Hope you get a decent turn out - Helen and I intend to be there.