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Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.
Agricultural Labourers joining the union
Joseph Arch
NALU
Joseph Arch
NALU
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Agricultural Labourers joining the union
Joseph Arch
NALU
Joseph Arch
NALU
Rural Housing
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Rural Housing
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Independents hold Trump and Republicans responsible for the shutdown by a 2-1 margin, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds
Independents hold Trump and Republicans responsible for the shutdown by a 2-to-1 margin, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Independents hold Trump and Republicans responsible for the shutdown by a 2-1 margin, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The East Wing was demolished last week to make room for a $300 million ballroom at the White House.
Most Americans Are Upset Trump Bulldozed The East Wing, Poll Says
The East Wing was demolished last week to make room for a $300 million ballroom at the White House.
www.forbes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The East Wing was demolished last week to make room for a $300 million ballroom at the White House.
John Roles
Schoolmaster British School - Chipping Norton
Congregationalist
Founding Secretary of The Chipping Norton Allotment Association - 4th February 1895
Born: 16th August 1844 Wareham
Died: 30th May 1920 Chipping Norton
North Oxfordshire
Long Compton
Birmingham
Schoolmaster British School - Chipping Norton
Congregationalist
Founding Secretary of The Chipping Norton Allotment Association - 4th February 1895
Born: 16th August 1844 Wareham
Died: 30th May 1920 Chipping Norton
North Oxfordshire
Long Compton
Birmingham
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
John Roles
Schoolmaster British School - Chipping Norton
Congregationalist
Founding Secretary of The Chipping Norton Allotment Association - 4th February 1895
Born: 16th August 1844 Wareham
Died: 30th May 1920 Chipping Norton
North Oxfordshire
Long Compton
Birmingham
Schoolmaster British School - Chipping Norton
Congregationalist
Founding Secretary of The Chipping Norton Allotment Association - 4th February 1895
Born: 16th August 1844 Wareham
Died: 30th May 1920 Chipping Norton
North Oxfordshire
Long Compton
Birmingham
Dorset
Agricultural Workers Union
Arthur Jordan
Fred James
Dorchester
Tolpuddle
Agricultural Workers Union
Arthur Jordan
Fred James
Dorchester
Tolpuddle
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Dorset
Agricultural Workers Union
Arthur Jordan
Fred James
Dorchester
Tolpuddle
Agricultural Workers Union
Arthur Jordan
Fred James
Dorchester
Tolpuddle
The Land League
Ireland
Ireland
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Land League
Ireland
Ireland
In the autumn of 1890, Vaughan Nash introduced Hugh to Tom Mann of the Dockers Union with another Unionist, Harry Nicholls, and together they worked in the countryside of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and the Home Counties, drumming up membership for an Agricultural Labourers Union.
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
In the autumn of 1890, Vaughan Nash introduced Hugh to Tom Mann of the Dockers Union with another Unionist, Harry Nicholls, and together they worked in the countryside of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and the Home Counties, drumming up membership for an Agricultural Labourers Union.
National Agricultural Labourers Union delegates drawn from all over England met at the Union ‘conference’ in June 1874
Were observed by a reporter from The Times who thought that most were agricultural labourers ‘and a large proportion of them were local preachers amongst the Primitive Methodists’.
Were observed by a reporter from The Times who thought that most were agricultural labourers ‘and a large proportion of them were local preachers amongst the Primitive Methodists’.
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
National Agricultural Labourers Union delegates drawn from all over England met at the Union ‘conference’ in June 1874
Were observed by a reporter from The Times who thought that most were agricultural labourers ‘and a large proportion of them were local preachers amongst the Primitive Methodists’.
Were observed by a reporter from The Times who thought that most were agricultural labourers ‘and a large proportion of them were local preachers amongst the Primitive Methodists’.
Dorset labourers’ wages were notoriously low from at least the 1790s, and these low wages were at least part of the cause for the ‘Captain Swing’ riots of 1830. Falling wages were the spur for the Dorsetshire Labourers (the Tolpuddle Martyrs) to set up a tiny trades union in 1834.
Dorchester
Dorchester
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Dorset labourers’ wages were notoriously low from at least the 1790s, and these low wages were at least part of the cause for the ‘Captain Swing’ riots of 1830. Falling wages were the spur for the Dorsetshire Labourers (the Tolpuddle Martyrs) to set up a tiny trades union in 1834.
Dorchester
Dorchester
National Agricultural Labourers Union
The Union colour's were dark blue, nowadays the colour associated with Conservatives
Dorchester Candlemas Fair, February 1873 ‘many of the lads displayed a bit of blue ribbon in their hats as a token that they were Unionists’
Tolpuddle
@nigelcostley.bsky.social
The Union colour's were dark blue, nowadays the colour associated with Conservatives
Dorchester Candlemas Fair, February 1873 ‘many of the lads displayed a bit of blue ribbon in their hats as a token that they were Unionists’
Tolpuddle
@nigelcostley.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
National Agricultural Labourers Union
The Union colour's were dark blue, nowadays the colour associated with Conservatives
Dorchester Candlemas Fair, February 1873 ‘many of the lads displayed a bit of blue ribbon in their hats as a token that they were Unionists’
Tolpuddle
@nigelcostley.bsky.social
The Union colour's were dark blue, nowadays the colour associated with Conservatives
Dorchester Candlemas Fair, February 1873 ‘many of the lads displayed a bit of blue ribbon in their hats as a token that they were Unionists’
Tolpuddle
@nigelcostley.bsky.social
National Agricultural Labourers Union
Estb Dorset June 1872
Milborne St Andrew Evictions 1874
Dist Secretary - Henry Mayor
Blandford - Mr Wedmore
Milborne St Andrew - Alfred Martin
evictions earlier at Affpuddle, Moreton, Pallington 1872
Tolpuddle
Arch
Dorchester
Estb Dorset June 1872
Milborne St Andrew Evictions 1874
Dist Secretary - Henry Mayor
Blandford - Mr Wedmore
Milborne St Andrew - Alfred Martin
evictions earlier at Affpuddle, Moreton, Pallington 1872
Tolpuddle
Arch
Dorchester
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
National Agricultural Labourers Union
Estb Dorset June 1872
Milborne St Andrew Evictions 1874
Dist Secretary - Henry Mayor
Blandford - Mr Wedmore
Milborne St Andrew - Alfred Martin
evictions earlier at Affpuddle, Moreton, Pallington 1872
Tolpuddle
Arch
Dorchester
Estb Dorset June 1872
Milborne St Andrew Evictions 1874
Dist Secretary - Henry Mayor
Blandford - Mr Wedmore
Milborne St Andrew - Alfred Martin
evictions earlier at Affpuddle, Moreton, Pallington 1872
Tolpuddle
Arch
Dorchester
National Agricultural Labourers Union conference 1874 discussed the admission of women. ‘It appeared that in many branches they had already been admitted’, the delegate (Worcester) stated ‘We have found that women are the best of men, & that many a woman is worth three men’ to the Union.
Tolpuddle
Tolpuddle
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
National Agricultural Labourers Union conference 1874 discussed the admission of women. ‘It appeared that in many branches they had already been admitted’, the delegate (Worcester) stated ‘We have found that women are the best of men, & that many a woman is worth three men’ to the Union.
Tolpuddle
Tolpuddle
Tolpuddle 1875 Anniversary
Dorest
National Agricultural Labourers Union
@nigelcostley.bsky.social @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social
Fred James
Arthur Jordan
Dorchester
Dorest
National Agricultural Labourers Union
@nigelcostley.bsky.social @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social
Fred James
Arthur Jordan
Dorchester
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Tolpuddle 1875 Anniversary
Dorest
National Agricultural Labourers Union
@nigelcostley.bsky.social @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social
Fred James
Arthur Jordan
Dorchester
Dorest
National Agricultural Labourers Union
@nigelcostley.bsky.social @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social
Fred James
Arthur Jordan
Dorchester
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Absolute Units is back!
We continue our conversation with @timjerrome.bsky.social (University of Brighton; formerly, The MERL) about his research into queer rural life.
Discover what Tim has found in our archives to date & the research challenges he's faced.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We continue our conversation with @timjerrome.bsky.social (University of Brighton; formerly, The MERL) about his research into queer rural life.
Discover what Tim has found in our archives to date & the research challenges he's faced.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Absolute Units is back!
We continue our conversation with @timjerrome.bsky.social (University of Brighton; formerly, The MERL) about his research into queer rural life.
Discover what Tim has found in our archives to date & the research challenges he's faced.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We continue our conversation with @timjerrome.bsky.social (University of Brighton; formerly, The MERL) about his research into queer rural life.
Discover what Tim has found in our archives to date & the research challenges he's faced.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Baptist Pastors, James Mursell Phillippo, later a well known missionary to Jamaica, social reformer and anti-slavery campaigner. Phillippo, was a native of Dereham, Norfolk,
RADICAL NORFOLK
RADICAL NORFOLK
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Baptist Pastors, James Mursell Phillippo, later a well known missionary to Jamaica, social reformer and anti-slavery campaigner. Phillippo, was a native of Dereham, Norfolk,
RADICAL NORFOLK
RADICAL NORFOLK
The Ascott Martyrs
Oxfordshire
1873
National Agricultural Labourers' union
Union Strong
Joseph Arch
Chipping Norton
Oxfordshire
1873
National Agricultural Labourers' union
Union Strong
Joseph Arch
Chipping Norton
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Ascott Martyrs
Oxfordshire
1873
National Agricultural Labourers' union
Union Strong
Joseph Arch
Chipping Norton
Oxfordshire
1873
National Agricultural Labourers' union
Union Strong
Joseph Arch
Chipping Norton
William G. Codling of Briston, forced to earn his living as a peddler after losing farm work through union activity, became a Parish & Rural District Councillor, 1919 won a sensational Norfolk County Council victory over Lord Hastings. A union “walking delegate,” he retired in 1928, died April 1938
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
William G. Codling of Briston, forced to earn his living as a peddler after losing farm work through union activity, became a Parish & Rural District Councillor, 1919 won a sensational Norfolk County Council victory over Lord Hastings. A union “walking delegate,” he retired in 1928, died April 1938
In 1889 the Kent and Sussex Labourers' Union sprang into life again, as the National Agricultural Labourers' Union, confined largely to Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex, A banner of this Union was discovered at the Moon & Stars, Preston, Kent, in 1919, by Mr. Baker, county organiser
@themerl.bsky.social
@themerl.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In 1889 the Kent and Sussex Labourers' Union sprang into life again, as the National Agricultural Labourers' Union, confined largely to Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex, A banner of this Union was discovered at the Moon & Stars, Preston, Kent, in 1919, by Mr. Baker, county organiser
@themerl.bsky.social
@themerl.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Catshill - Worcestershire
1892
Council Farm, Small Holdings, Allotments
Worcestershire County Council
Belbroughton
Moulton - Lincolnshire
1892
Council Farm, Small Holdings, Allotments
Worcestershire County Council
Belbroughton
Moulton - Lincolnshire
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Catshill - Worcestershire
1892
Council Farm, Small Holdings, Allotments
Worcestershire County Council
Belbroughton
Moulton - Lincolnshire
1892
Council Farm, Small Holdings, Allotments
Worcestershire County Council
Belbroughton
Moulton - Lincolnshire