Made in Dagenham – the musical
Based on the true story of the 1968 Ford Dagenham sewing machinists’ strike, this is a celebration of solidarity, equality, and standing up for what’s right — with some seriously […]
History
TUC Women Chainmakers’ festival of Cradley Heath
next year’s celebration, make sure to save the date: Saturday 26 June 2027 Saturday 27th June 2026 Free 11am-4pm The Midlands TUC run this event annually in Cradley Heath, at Mary […]
When WORKERS ruled Wolverhampton and Bilston
– the General Strike of 1926 Read the new book published on the centenary by Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council, which was in charge in 1926: https://online.visual-paradigm.com/share/book/1926-general-strike-wolvererhampton-and-bilston-centenary-2djcltowqw Listen […]
Free film show General Strike centenary
The General Strike – A Revolution Betrayed? 70min b&w rediscovered film with interviewees who took part in the 1926 strike by Platform Films Thursday 11 June 2026 copies of our […]
research into Black Country connection to slavery and the slave trade
100 attended our BHM launch meeting on Wednesday 8th October at the Heritage Centre with Dr Angelina Osborne & Roger McKenzie (International editor of the Morning Star), opened by Warinder […]
The Making of the British South Asian Working Class
The talk delves into the stories of South Asian resistance in Britain, shining a light on an overlooked history of working class political organising. Trade union organisation, Indian Workers Association, […]
Behold Ye Ramblers!
Thursday APRIL 11th – 7.30pm – Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton WV1 4AN Box Office: 01902 572 090 WEBSITE tickets £8/£9
a history of the GFTU
illustrated talk by Dr Edda Nicolson (21min)
Black History talk
Labour resistance to conditions of abject poverty found in rural Jamaica 100 years after Emancipation.
Friction Dynamics strike (2001-2003) documentary
S4C’s new award-winning 44min documentary “Y Lein” about the Friction Dynamics strike (2001-2003) is available until August 2024 on BBC iplayer with English subtitles available.
Cosmo Rowe and Two Wolverhampton Houses
article by Nick Matthews
Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
STILL RAGGED! a new touring community folk musical being created & starting the tour at Newhampton Arts Centre Wolverhampton…
Saltley Gate 50th Anniversary Rally
50th Anniversary of ‘The Battle of Saltley Gate’
The Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In
This recorded meeting commemorates a remarkable working class victory which offers lessons for today’s labour movement.
The life and times of George Africanus
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 […]
Des Halestrap
Bro. Des Halestrap NATFHE delegate to WB&DTUC (1990s) died on 1st May 2020, aged 88.
Rouse, Ye Women!
– A new folk ballad about Mary Macarthur and the women chainmakers Thursday 18th April 7.30pm – CRADLEY HEATH LIBRARY sold out