Event from: Miscellaneous 2012

Old Market March and Police Riot – 80th Anniversary

Event Details
Date: , 2012
Time:
Venue: The Hydra Bookshop, BS2 0EZ
With: Roger Ball, Dave Backwith
Series: Miscellaneous 2012
Page Details
Section: Events
Subjects: Radical Bristol, Riots & Disturbances
Tags: ,
Posted: Modified:

February 23rd 1932 was the scene of a confrontation between the National Unemployed Workers’ Movement and the police. To mark the 80th anniversary, historians Roger Ball and Dave Backwith will consider the impact of the events of that day and the wider context of the struggles of the unemployed during the great depression.

Dave backwith is a researcher of Bristol’s working class history in the inter war years particularly 1919 and the unemployed workers movement in the 1930’s. He is a family and community studies lecturer at the Anglia Ruskin University.

Roger Ball is a post graduate research student in the history department at the University of the West of England.

Listen to this talk:

No Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This