We are very sad to announce the death at the age of 87 of Eric Taplin, who passed away on Saturday 22 September. Eric was a wonderful teacher, and great scholar. He became the foremost historian of Liverpool Labour History, and especially of the Liverpool dockers and seafarers. His work on the Liverpool dockers’ union was pioneering at the time, and opened up the field … Continue reading Eric Taplin (1925-2012)
Rein van der Leeuw, director of the International Institute of Social History from 1974 until 1986, passed away on 6 September 2012. Continue reading Rein van der Leeuw (1920-2012)
Class, Culture and Communities is derived from a recent SSLH conference and includes articles by Anne Baldwin, Chris Ellis, Stephen Etheridge, Neil Pye, Alexander Jackson, Laura Price, Catriona Louise MacDonald, Brian Marren, Christopher Massey, Chris Hill and Maria Novella Vitucci. The collection includes articles on mining identities, brass bands in the Pennines, ethnicity, unemployment, women councillors, nationalisation, the Labour defence debate of the 1950s and 1960s, the Independent … Continue reading Class, Culture and Community
The story of the Luddites and their times continues to fascinate. That is particularly true for those of us who live in that part of Yorkshire where the events were most dramatic. However, what is often overlooked is the extent to which the Luddite events of 1812 and 1813 fit within the broader and more sustained pattern of British social and political radicalism in the … Continue reading Liberty or Death: the Yorkshire Luddites
The Archives and Resources Committee of the Society for the Study of Labour History has published guidance on the landscape of labour history. Titled Where Do You Stand? it is intended to help Labour Party branches, co-operative societies, trade unions, and local history societies in particular, to locate, identify and provide protection to buildings, monuments, and landscapes relating to the labour movement in their locality. … Continue reading Preserving the labour landscape
