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
Tag: Miners
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
Hywel Francis (1946 – 2021)
This week would have see the 75th birthday of Hywel Francis, President of Llafur from 2018 until his death in February. He was one of the founders of Llafur and its driving force whose vision ensured that the Welsh Labour History Society did not become a small gathering of academics but a vibrant gathering of ‘people’s remembrancers’. Continue reading Hywel Francis (1946 – 2021)
Building a future for the Durham Miners Hall and the Pitman’s Parliament
The Durham Miners Hall is a unique and historically important building. But if it is to survive, it needs financial support, as Dave Anderson, Ambassador for the Redhills Appeal and Chair of the Marras – the Friends of Durham Miners Gala, explains. Continue reading Building a future for the Durham Miners Hall and the Pitman’s Parliament
The Miners’ Lockout
This image comes from a recent addition to Bishopsgate Institute archives: a photo album bearing the inscription ‘Memories of the Miners Lock-out 1926 Fife’ (Ref: Labour History Manuscripts/67). The Miners’ Lockout was part of the General Strike of 1926, called by the General Council of the TUC (Trades Union Congress) in an attempt to prevent the Government of the day from lowering the wages and … Continue reading The Miners’ Lockout
Transnational Borrowings: Scottish Sons of Labour and American Knights of Labor, 1887–1890
Author: Steven ParfittThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2020), 85, (2), 127–156. Find out more. Between 1883 and 1900 an American working-class movement, the Knights of Labor, spread around the world. Their assemblies appeared in Europe, Australasia, and Southern Europe, as well as North America. Yet they also inspired a range of emulating movements in different parts of the world. … Continue reading Transnational Borrowings: Scottish Sons of Labour and American Knights of Labor, 1887–1890
Ann-Marie Foster (Northumberland) on the Senghenydd mining disasters and the ephemera of remembrance
In 1913 the worst mining disaster ever to occur in the UK happened at the Universal Colliery in the small village of Senghenydd. This disaster, in which 440 men died, followed just twelve years after another explosion in the same colliery in which 81 men perished. This double tragedy in Senghenydd makes it a significant site of research, not only because of the death toll, … Continue reading Ann-Marie Foster (Northumberland) on the Senghenydd mining disasters and the ephemera of remembrance
Society for the Study of Labour History 