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Strike! – The 1926 General Strike in Gloucester

An afternoon of talks to commemorate the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, featuring authors Tony Conder and Stuart Butler of BRHG pamphlet: A Tale of Two Towns: Nine days in Gloucester and Stroud, May 1926 The event will consist of three talks, looking into details of the General Strike in Gloucestershire. 1pm: Stuart Butler – 'Stroud and the General Strike'. How did Stroud‘s workers respond to the Strike Call? Stuart's talk will look at the strike in the Stroud area and stretch up the […]
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The Centenary of the 1926 General Strike

May 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the nine day ‘General Strike’. This solidarity action was an attempt by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to prevent wage reductions and increasingly bad working conditions for 1.2 million coal miners who had already been locked-out by their employers. Around 1.7 million workers, mainly in transport and heavy industry, responded and the country was confronted with explicit class war. “I will not see the strikers’ own food left to rot!” Chris Bowkett from the […]
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