Talk on the 18th and 19th Century Radical History of Stroud and the Five Valleys at Eastington Village Hall (the one near the Old Badger) at 7pm.
Pay on the door.
Weavers’ riots, machine-breaking, the Chartists, food riots, the visit of ‘the most dangerous man in England’ to the area in 1797, Captain Swing, Stroud scarlet, imperial expansion, war and the transatlantic slave trade, the East India Company, transportation … and more.
I promise to put on a good verbal show and take you on a trip through time from the comfort of your seat. The Old Badger afterwards?
I’m currently writing something for page and performance about the 1825 Stroudwater Riots to commemorate the bicentenary: something new for future talks before the end of the year. I’ll then be spending the winter ensuring I have something ready for the General Strike centenary next May.
But hope to see you at Eastington in the here and now.
Stuart