11th Sept 2018: Thinkers or Junkers? Germans in England 1860-1915 by Anne Hill Fernie
Come along to The Castle Hotel (66 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE) from 7pm. Come along for some food, some socialising and an opportunity to discover the history of Germans in England…
Name of speaker:
Anne Hill Fernie
Title of talk:
Thinkers or Junkers? Germans in England 1860-1915
The Plebs League in the NE of England 1908/1926 By Robert Turnbull B.A
The stated aim of the Ruskin rebels who included Noah Ablett of the South Wales Miners Federation and Ebby Edwards of the Northumberland Miners Association was to “Bring about a more satisfactory relationship between Ruskin and the wider Labour movement. Their motto was “Educate, agitate and organise”.
Their philosophy that of IWCE or Independent Working Class Education, or to put it another way an education that was perceived to be free from the pernicious influence of the bourgeoisie, and the leading educational institutions of the time. Read more