The O’Connor tartan and Scotland’s radical weavers
With a range of O’Connor tartan plaid clothing to choose from that included scarves, cravats, dresses, handkerchiefs and waistcoats, the
Read MoreWhat did your family do in the revolution?
With a range of O’Connor tartan plaid clothing to choose from that included scarves, cravats, dresses, handkerchiefs and waistcoats, the
Read MoreCrudely printed on cheap paper and often sold for a penny a time, broadside ballads were quick and easy to
Read MoreMade in a soft white metal and now dulled with age, but probably gleaming bright when new, the medal shown
Read MoreKensal Green Cemetery is the resting place of a number of leading Chartists. This page offers a guided walking tour.
Read MoreProfessor Paul Pickering is Director of both the Research School of Humanities and the Arts and the Australian Studies Institute
Read MoreMuch of the Chartist leadership found itself on trial after the events of the summer of 1842. This page sets
Read MoreThe National Charter League was one of a number of organisations that came forward after 1848 in an attempt to
Read MoreThis page provides a statistical breakdown of some of the main themes and individuals reported by the Northern Star between
Read MoreThe Northern Star was by some distance the most important of all the Chartist newspapers, and for family historians it
Read MoreInterviews with 73 Chartist prisoners conducted for the Home Office in January 1841.
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