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29 April 2017
6 February 2013
People's Histreh YouTube Channel
People's Histreh (Nottingham Radical History Group), have uploaded recordings of the following events to their YouTube Channel:
- 'Rethinking Luddism in Nottinghamshire' - a talk by Dr Mathew Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Sheffield Hallam University
- 'To the Castle!' - A walk retracing the 1831 Reform Riots in Nottingham
19 September 2012
Rethinking Luddism in Nottinghamshire: 22 September 2012
"As is well known, the epicentre(s) of Luddism was not in Nottingham itself but in the surrounding villages. Many of these villages were still essentially rural communities. The Luddism of the villages was part of a repertoire of protest acts (arson, poaching, even robbery and attacks on rural property), the origins of which were to be found in the traditions and customs of the English rural community. The Luddites were not semi-professional criminals divorced from their wider community. Rather, Luddite cells grow organically from kinship, neighbourhood and trade connections. The talk will also challenge the view that Luddism in Nottinghamshire was constitutional and moderate."
To entice you further, the poster for the event states "there WILL BE TEA. There MAY BE CAKE"!
- Further information is available on the People's Histreh website
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