Saturday 12th October, 2019 Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) and the Remembering the Real World War I Group (RRWWI) have organised a full programme of events during the third Bristol Radical History Festival. Expect talks, walks, films, singing, a performance space with a puppet show, storytelling and poetry, and an exhibition space, as well asContinueContinue reading “Bristol Radical History Festival – 2019”
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Film Showing: “Tony Benn’s Defining Moments”
Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) are presenting Film: Tony Benn’s Defining Moments introduced by the film’s producer David Parker. Date: Monday 8th January 2018 8:00 pm The Cube, Dove Street South, Bristol, BS2 8JD Price: £5/£4 For trade unionists Tony Benn was a champion of working people campaigning for trade union rights and tradeContinueContinue reading “Film Showing: “Tony Benn’s Defining Moments””
Film Showing: “Battle Of The Somme”
Sunday 3rd July 2016, 1.00pm Watershed, 1 Canons Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX To mark the centenary of the battle, Bristol Remembering The Real World War One, Bristol Festival of Ideas and Bristol 2014 – in association with Watershed – are presenting the film accompanied by the distinguished pianist Stephen Horne. He will give a short introductionContinueContinue reading “Film Showing: “Battle Of The Somme””
Smoke, Gas, Strikes, Metal And Slums
Sunday July 10th, 11.00am Start (and finish): Temple Meads Station forecourt On 1st November 1916, Alfred Jefferies was shot at dawn on the Western Front for desertion. Join this two-hour walk through St Philips and The Dings where Jefferies and his family lived and worked, including his brother Arthur who as killed on the Somme.ContinueContinue reading “Smoke, Gas, Strikes, Metal And Slums”
Slaughter No Remedy
Sunday June 26th, 2.00pm Bristol Register Office, Corn Street, BS1 1JG Exactly 100 years on and in the same room where it took place, a re-enactment of the controntation between Walter Ayles, Bristol’s leading opponent of conscription and World War One, and Lieutenant-Colonel Burges, first commanding officer of Bristol’s Own, at a Military Service Tribunal.ContinueContinue reading “Slaughter No Remedy”
Discovering British 1914-1918 War Resisters – hoped for outcomes and challenging surprises
Monday June 20th, 7.30pm Central Quaker Meeting House, Champion Square, Bristol, BS2 9DB Hear Cyril Pearce, Britain’s foremost researcher into World War 1 conscientious objectors and war resisters, talk about his research, including stories of Bristol people who opposed the war. More information about the meeting can be found here Discovering British 1914-1918 War ResistersContinueContinue reading “Discovering British 1914-1918 War Resisters – hoped for outcomes and challenging surprises”
Bristol Trades Union Council 