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Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham rallied the crowds at this year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, getting huge cheers as she welcomed people to the event saying, “This is the first time in 14 years that Tolpuddle has met without the cloud of the Tories hanging over us.” Sharon said: “Friends, as we gather here today in […]
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Unite is inviting you to raise a tankard with lifelong trade union member Nigel Clatworthy when he makes his Tolpuddle debut at the Unite Marquee at this year’s festival. Nigel plays under the name “FMI Clatters” and is a regular sight in the pubs and festivals across the south west – but what many people […]
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A Unite branch from Dorset is supporting the revival of a 90-year-old play about the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Six Men of Dorset was originally commissioned by the TUC as part of the centenary events held in 1934, which marked 100 years after the arrest of the Tolpuddle Martyrs for forming a union, one of the most […]
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Before sunrise on February 24, 1834, farmworker George Loveless left for work – it would be three years before he would be back with his wife and children again. George, and five fellow workers – James Brine, James Hammett, James Loveless, John Standfield and Thomas Standfield – were arrested, charged with making an illegal oath […]
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Today, Gill and I went on a superb autumnal walk, starting off from one of my very favourite locations, Greensted Church near Chipping Ongar, Essex. Which is not only the “oldest Wooden Church in the World” but was also the local church of many of the …Read more…
Off message. Last year Gill and I finally finished the London Loop walk (which took us 3 years to complete in stages) but on 10 June we started our next long distance walking challenge, the 82 mile (130 km) Essex Way. Which starts in Epping and fi…Read more…
On Sunday 16 July Sunday 2017 during the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs weekend, I went for a walk with Gill in Chipping Ongar and Greensted to visit the wooden Saxon Church and pay homage to the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were resettled in farms around here, aft…Read more…