
research into Wolverhampton/Staffordshire connection to slavery and the slave trade
online launch of this new research into local links to transatlantic enslavement; with Dr Angelina Osborne & Roger McKenzie – videos here
online launch of this new research into local links to transatlantic enslavement; with Dr Angelina Osborne & Roger McKenzie – videos here
Sat 2nd July 2022 @ Mary McArthur Gardens, Cradley High Street; the Midlands TUC run this event annually on the first Saturday of July in Cradley Heath.
50th Anniversary of ‘The Battle of Saltley Gate’
The life and times of George Africanus, the African child taken from his home and family and brought to Wolverhampton at a time when it was fashionable for affluent families […]
This recorded meeting commemorates a remarkable working class victory which offers lessons for today’s labour movement.
Bro. Des Halestrap NATFHE delegate to WB&DTUC (1990s) died on 1st May 2020, aged 88.
This new archive provides a unique and interesting portrait of the lives and struggles of working class people in Wolverhampton in the lead up and into the First World War. monthly […]
John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor is now a Confirmed speaker @ Birmingham Trades Union Council150th Anniversary EventSaturday 12th November 2016 Less than 30 places are left; tickets are £5 waged and […]
@Wolverhampton Art gallery Ends – 10 April 2016 A World to Win: Posters of Protest and Revolution presents a century of posters agitating for political change.
– A new folk ballad about Mary Macarthur and the women chainmakers Thursday 18th April 7.30pm – CRADLEY HEATH LIBRARY sold out
150 limited edition, numbered, anniversary (40mm) badges to this design of our banner have been produced, NOW available with special presentation card @ £5
It was standing room only at our 150 years celebration
A HISTORY OF WOLVERHAMPTON, BILSTON & DISTRICT TRADES UNION COUNCIL 1865-1990 by George J Barnsby © Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council ISBN 0 9523960 0 9 Published by […]
Five Wolverhampton Tinplate workers were transported in 1819, before the Tolpuddle Martyrs, for the crime of forming a trade union. In January 2020 we were informed that Tinplate Workers’ […]
– a short film exploring the final years of Bilston’s Elisabeth – the last of the great blast furnaces to grace the skyline of the Black Country.
A fundraising evening dedicated to MARY SEACOLE @ Heritage Centre, Clifford Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, WV6 0AA Friday 11th October 2013 7.30pm til late speeches, buffet & dance
The men who wouldn’t go: some Wolverhampton reactions against 1st World War conscription. Saturday 22nd February 10am-4pm at the Tractor Shed Bantock House, Finchfield Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 9LQ
The Legacy of Hugo Chavez – Social Justice & Latin American Unity
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