Labour History Review Volume 86 (2021), Issue 2
Articles and book reviews in the July 2021 issue of Labour History Review are listed here. Continue reading Labour History Review Volume 86 (2021), Issue 2
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Using Trade Union Banners for Education: the case of the 1938 ‘red’ Follonsby miners’ banner
This article considers the use of trade union banners as tools for mainstream education in the context of the recent reclamation, recuperation, and rearticulation of industrial heritage taking place in localities in the former Durham coalfield, north-east England. Continue reading Using Trade Union Banners for Education: the case of the 1938 ‘red’ Follonsby miners’ banner
Skelmanthorpe Banner 1819
This cotton flag or banner is a rare survivor of thousands of banners carried at meetings calling for electoral reform and suffrage. It has a remarkable story. It was designed and made in 1819, to honour the victims of the Peterloo massacre in Manchester. It was mounted on poles and taken to meetings throughout the 19th Century, starting with a reform meeting at Almondbury Bank … Continue reading Skelmanthorpe Banner 1819
