We Come For Our Own and Shall Have It
Smuggling in Poole and Dorset
by Kevin Davis
A look at the history of smuggling in Dorset and the government responses to it. This pamphlet examines to whether smugglers should be considered folk heroes and to what extent smuggling was a community enterprise.
Bristol Radical Pamphleteer
24 pages
Black and White
The Origin and an Account of Black Friday
23rd December 1892 by Roger Ball Autumn 1892 in Bristol saw a violent class war between employers, strike-breaking labour and police on one side and strikers and their mass of working class supporters on the other. Picketing, mass marches and public meetings of thousands of ‘new’ industrial unionists were common, culminating in the use of
Pirates to Proletarians
The Experience of the Pilots and Watermen of Cockerne Pill in the Nineteenth Century by Mike Richardson From the earliest days of recorded history river pilots have navigated ships through the dangerous waters of the Bristol Channel and up the river Avon, with its twisting bends, shifting sand banks and strong currents. In the early
The Bristol Strike Wave of 1889-1890
Socialists, New Unionists and New Women Part 2: Days of Doubt by Mike Richards Following on from part one, this pamphlet traces the period of industrial unrest in Bristol between January and August 1890. The lockout of boot and shoe workers that began in December 1889, and continued for the first few weeks of January
