Thursday 10 September. 6.30pm. Dissonant Archives: Contemporary Visual Culture and Contested Narratives in the Middle East Book Launch & Panel Discussion
Autograph ABP, Rivington Place, London. Free event. Read more >
Saturday 19 September. 10.30am. Unveiling of blue plaque commemorating Hilda Hewlett at 4 Vardens Road SW11
The latest Battersea Society blue plaque honours Hilda Hewlett, aviation pioneer who established an aircraft factory in Battersea. The unveiling will be by Pauline Vahey, Chairwoman of the British Women Pilots’ Association and Gail Hewlett, Hilda’s biographer and granddaughter-in-law. After the ceremony there will be refreshments at the Plough on St John’s Hill. Numbers will be limited and if you’d like to come along please let us know by Friday 4 September, either by email jeanne.rathbone@googlemail.com or telephone Wendy Deakins 0207-223 5999
Friday 25 September. 8pm. ‘Meet the Huguenots: Their Courage, Skills and Legacy’
Talk by Charlie de Wet, Chair Huguenots of Spitalfields. Wandsworth Historical Society. Friends’ Meeting House, Wandsworth High Street, SW18, opposite the Town Hall.
Wednesday 11 & Thursday 12 November. 7.30pm. The Woods Cry Out
A reflection, in words and music, on The Great War and the part played by Wandsworth and its Battalion. Actors performing will include: Simon Callow, Wendy Gifford, Clive Merrison and Timothy West. Devised by Sue Rolfe and Andrew Neill. Presented by Putney Music. Wandsworth Civic Suite, Wandsworth High Street, SW18. Tickets £12, £7.50 (18 and under). Suitable for 11yrs+
Booking: Tara-arts.com 020 8334457. In aid of SSAFA (the charity that offers lifelong support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families).
The Cane Hill Hospital War Dead
See my posting on the difficulties of memorialisation at http://thecroydoncitizen.com/politics-society/memory-soldiers-cane-hill/
Labour Heritage Bulletin Summer 2015
Contents include: ‘The Brick, Bloody Sunday, and Alfred Linnell’ (by John Grigg); Prime Ministers in Labour’s Pantheon (by Archie Potts); Partition Resisted: the British Parliamentary Labour Party and the Government of Ireland’ (by Ivan Gibbons); ‘Labours Lost Membership Record’ (by John Grigg); Labour Wins Elections in Action 1918-1945 (by Barbara Humphries). Plus extract from Middlesex County Times of George Wardle MP’s speech to NUR meeting at Staines 230 April 1916. Plus: book review: Roseneberg’s Rebel Footprints. To obatin a copy contact Barbara Humphries: mickandbarbara@btopenworld.com
North West Labour History No. 39. 2015
Articles inc:
- 1919 Race Riots In LiverpoolChloe Emmott
- Sam Fitton’s Christmas Cartoons in the First World WarAlan Fowler and Terry Wyke
- Opposing the Great War: The story of Harold Derbyshire (1894-1945)
- Life and Labour in Altrincham 1890 – 1914 Colin Graham
- The Manchester No-Conscription Fellowship Maintenance Committee 1916-1918Alison Ronan
£11 inc postage within UK. Further details at: http://www.nwlh.org.uk
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