Society for the Study of Labour History
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Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk
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Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. More…
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
Peggy Seeger to perform ‘Songs for the Workers’
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. The event will take place at Cecil Sharp House, Lon…
sslh.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. More…
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
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Twelve places in labour history sslh.org.uk/tag/place-in...
December 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Twelve places in labour history sslh.org.uk/tag/place-in...
Twelve places in labour history sslh.org.uk/tag/place-in...
December 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Twelve places in labour history sslh.org.uk/tag/place-in...
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Concluding our series on places in labour history, Greg Billam takes us to St George's Plateau, Liverpool, where crowds have gathered for more than a century for key social, political, and cultural episodes in the city’s history
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St George’s Plateau, Liverpool: a place in labour history
Concluding our series on places in labour history, Greg Billam takes us to St George’s Plateau, where crowds have gathered for more than a century for key social, political, and cultural epis…
sslh.org.uk
December 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Concluding our series on places in labour history, Greg Billam takes us to St George's Plateau, Liverpool, where crowds have gathered for more than a century for key social, political, and cultural episodes in the city’s history
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/24/s...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/24/s...
Concluding our series on places in labour history, Greg Billam takes us to St George's Plateau, Liverpool, where crowds have gathered for more than a century for key social, political, and cultural episodes in the city’s history
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/24/s...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/24/s...
St George’s Plateau, Liverpool: a place in labour history
Concluding our series on places in labour history, Greg Billam takes us to St George’s Plateau, where crowds have gathered for more than a century for key social, political, and cultural epis…
sslh.org.uk
December 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Concluding our series on places in labour history, Greg Billam takes us to St George's Plateau, Liverpool, where crowds have gathered for more than a century for key social, political, and cultural episodes in the city’s history
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/24/s...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/24/s...
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In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal industry has gone sslh.org.uk/2025/12/22/m...
Miners’ Hall, Barnsley: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal indus…
sslh.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal industry has gone sslh.org.uk/2025/12/22/m...
Miners’ Hall, Barnsley: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal indus…
sslh.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal industry has gone sslh.org.uk/2025/12/22/m...
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As the cataloguing of the NUM archives nears its end, our Project Archivist writes on the Miners' Hall, Barnsley:
The completed Yorkshire Miners' Association archive catalogue is at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/YMA
NUM catalogue (work so far completed!) at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/NUM
The completed Yorkshire Miners' Association archive catalogue is at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/YMA
NUM catalogue (work so far completed!) at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/NUM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal industry has gone sslh.org.uk/2025/12/22/m...
Miners’ Hall, Barnsley: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal indus…
sslh.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
As the cataloguing of the NUM archives nears its end, our Project Archivist writes on the Miners' Hall, Barnsley:
The completed Yorkshire Miners' Association archive catalogue is at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/YMA
NUM catalogue (work so far completed!) at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/NUM
The completed Yorkshire Miners' Association archive catalogue is at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/YMA
NUM catalogue (work so far completed!) at mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/NUM
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Santa didn't forget them - another ghost of Christmas past from Leeds Other Paper's coverage of the #MinersStrike 🎅
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Santa didn't forget them - another ghost of Christmas past from Leeds Other Paper's coverage of the #MinersStrike 🎅
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal industry has gone sslh.org.uk/2025/12/22/m...
Miners’ Hall, Barnsley: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal indus…
sslh.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Liz Wood introduces the headquarters building of the South Yorkshire Miners’ Association and its continuing importance now the coal industry has gone sslh.org.uk/2025/12/22/m...
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In our continuing series on places in labour history, @keithbeard.bsky.social revisits the contested site of the Peterloo Massacre.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/20/m...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/20/m...
Manchester Free Trade Hall: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Keith Flett revisits the contested site of the Peterloo Massacre. Red Plaque marking the site of the massacre. Photo The Manchester Free Trade …
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December 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, @keithbeard.bsky.social revisits the contested site of the Peterloo Massacre.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/20/m...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/20/m...
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In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers sslh.org.uk/2025/12/19/c...
Cramlington: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers. East Coast main line at …
sslh.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers sslh.org.uk/2025/12/19/c...
In our continuing series on places in labour history, @keithbeard.bsky.social revisits the contested site of the Peterloo Massacre.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/20/m...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/20/m...
Manchester Free Trade Hall: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Keith Flett revisits the contested site of the Peterloo Massacre. Red Plaque marking the site of the massacre. Photo The Manchester Free Trade …
sslh.org.uk
December 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, @keithbeard.bsky.social revisits the contested site of the Peterloo Massacre.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/20/m...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/20/m...
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Really good series of posts from the Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social , on Places in Labour History:
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#History #LabourHistory
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#History #LabourHistory
Place in labour history – Society for the Study of Labour History
The articles below were part of a series in which labour historians were asked to write about a place in labour history that they thought significant, either to them or more broadly. The series was…
sslh.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Really good series of posts from the Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social , on Places in Labour History:
sslh.org.uk/tag/place-in...
#History #LabourHistory
sslh.org.uk/tag/place-in...
#History #LabourHistory
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers sslh.org.uk/2025/12/19/c...
Cramlington: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers. East Coast main line at …
sslh.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Quentin Outram recounts the story of the Northumberland miners who came to be known as the Cramlington train wreckers sslh.org.uk/2025/12/19/c...
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Wapping at Forty: the strike that made the modern media. One-day seminar at the Marx Memorial Library to mark the anniversary of the Murdoch News International dispute. Book now: online/in person.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...
Seminar to mark 40th anniversary of the Wapping dispute
The Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ School is holding a day-long seminar marking forty years since the Wapping dispute. The seminar will take place on Saturday 24 January and it will be …
sslh.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wapping at Forty: the strike that made the modern media. One-day seminar at the Marx Memorial Library to mark the anniversary of the Murdoch News International dispute. Book now: online/in person.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...
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Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, @drdavesteele.bsky.social recalls the long history of extra-parliamentary activity in New Palace Yard, on Parliament’s doorstep.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/n...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/n...
New Palace Yard: a place in labour history
Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, Dave Steele recalls the long history of extra-parliamentary activity in New Palace Yard, on Parliament’s doorstep. New Palac…
sslh.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, @drdavesteele.bsky.social recalls the long history of extra-parliamentary activity in New Palace Yard, on Parliament’s doorstep.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/n...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/n...
Wapping at Forty: the strike that made the modern media. One-day seminar at the Marx Memorial Library to mark the anniversary of the Murdoch News International dispute. Book now: online/in person.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...
Seminar to mark 40th anniversary of the Wapping dispute
The Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ School is holding a day-long seminar marking forty years since the Wapping dispute. The seminar will take place on Saturday 24 January and it will be …
sslh.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wapping at Forty: the strike that made the modern media. One-day seminar at the Marx Memorial Library to mark the anniversary of the Murdoch News International dispute. Book now: online/in person.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/s...
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Here's the first issue of York Stop Press!, a paper produced by striking @nujofficial.bsky.social members during the #WinterOfDiscontent in Dec 1978. We at Leeds Other Paper helped with production - as a workers' co-op we were not part of the provincial newspapers dispute.
December 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Here's the first issue of York Stop Press!, a paper produced by striking @nujofficial.bsky.social members during the #WinterOfDiscontent in Dec 1978. We at Leeds Other Paper helped with production - as a workers' co-op we were not part of the provincial newspapers dispute.
Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, @drdavesteele.bsky.social recalls the long history of extra-parliamentary activity in New Palace Yard, on Parliament’s doorstep.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/n...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/n...
New Palace Yard: a place in labour history
Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, Dave Steele recalls the long history of extra-parliamentary activity in New Palace Yard, on Parliament’s doorstep. New Palac…
sslh.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, @drdavesteele.bsky.social recalls the long history of extra-parliamentary activity in New Palace Yard, on Parliament’s doorstep.
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/n...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/17/n...
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In our continuing series on places in labour history, Joe Stanley draws on his family's history to recall the pit pony races that raised money and the morale of Rotherham miners during the 1926 general strike sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/c...
Canklow meadows: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Joe Stanley draws on his family’s history to recall the pit pony races that raised money and the morale of Rotherham miners during the 19…
sslh.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Joe Stanley draws on his family's history to recall the pit pony races that raised money and the morale of Rotherham miners during the 1926 general strike sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/c...
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Fantastic line-up which includes @jenniferballads.bsky.social Congratulations Jennifer!
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. More…
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
Peggy Seeger to perform ‘Songs for the Workers’
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. The event will take place at Cecil Sharp House, Lon…
sslh.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Fantastic line-up which includes @jenniferballads.bsky.social Congratulations Jennifer!
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. More…
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
Peggy Seeger to perform ‘Songs for the Workers’
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. The event will take place at Cecil Sharp House, Lon…
sslh.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. More…
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Joe Stanley draws on his family's history to recall the pit pony races that raised money and the morale of Rotherham miners during the 1926 general strike sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/c...
Canklow meadows: a place in labour history
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Joe Stanley draws on his family’s history to recall the pit pony races that raised money and the morale of Rotherham miners during the 19…
sslh.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
In our continuing series on places in labour history, Joe Stanley draws on his family's history to recall the pit pony races that raised money and the morale of Rotherham miners during the 1926 general strike sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/c...
Continuing our series on places in labour history, Constance Bantman explains why the back pages of French anarchist newspapers are her happy place
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/12/t...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/12/t...
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Continuing our series on places in labour history, Constance Bantman explains why the back pages of French anarchist newspapers are her happy place
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/12/t...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/12/t...