Jim Pentney, Stroud and Myeloma Fund-Raising
CYCLING FROM THE SEVERN TO THE SEINE Myeloma UK is a national charity working on awareness and research into the ‘hidden blood cancer’ of which 24,000 people are treated across the country. Jim Pentney was diagnosed two years ago. Since then, he has had a...
read moreThe Moral Economy
Remember the moral economy? Back in the 18th century when Citizens would register anger At unjust wages and unfair prices With protests, demonstrations, gatherings, Rioting, strikes, and beating pots and pans In a cacophony of rough music, With carnival skimmington...
read moreToll Houses and Turnpike Gates
Toll Houses and Turnpike Gates There’s no rhyme or reason in my turnpike, Toll house and mile post investigations, I just walk or ride out on a whim, But recording rather than re-imagining the past, Just like a true old school antiquarian – Armed with my 1967...
read moreChartism and Voting 1839-2024
(With thanks to Deborah Roberts for the memories above from our tribute to the Chartist meeting at Selsley in 1839) Getting the Right to Vote Wasn’t Easy An Easy Guide to this History In 1819, in Manchester, a perfectly legal peaceful meeting of over 60,000...
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Workshop of the World Raphael Samuel Edited by John Merrick Verso 2024 An extract to stimulate similar writing about Stroud and the Five Valleys through a cooperative collective endeavour with people proffering a couple of sentences or more about trades and jobs and...
read moreRights of Common
Commoners: Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England, 1700-1820 J.M. Neeson Some gleaning made from this uncommon text, So as to share knowledge in common: Timothy Nourse in Campania Felix, or a Discourse of the Benefits and Improvements in Husbandrywrote...
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