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‘Bread or Blood’ – The Merthyr Rising of 1831

The talk will cover the explosive social, economic and political reasons behind the Merthyr Rising of 1831. The Merthyr Rising in 1831, was a rising not a riot, as viewed by the status quo. It was the most ferocious and bloody event in the history of Industrial Britain. It will conclude by looking at the main legacy of May 1831 and the reasons why we commemorate the events today.
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Dic Penderyn Society – Annual History Day – Merthyr Tydfil

Bristol Radical History Group are very pleased to be invited to this year's Dic Penderyn Society, Annual History Day at the Merthyr Labour Club, 1 Court Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8DU. Roger Ball (11:15am) and Colin Thomas (13:15), both BRHG members, will be speaking at the event. BRHG will also be running a bookstall. The programme for the day: 9.45-10.00am REVOLUTIONARY SONGS BY THE COR COCHION CAERDYDD 10.15-11.00am HUW WILLIAMS: “ART REPRESENTING REALITY” IMAGES OF MERTHYR TUDFUL […]
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The Red Violinist

A talk illustrated with six musical interludes on Eduard Soermus, an Estonian violinist who lived in Merthyr Tydfil at the end of the First World War but was expelled from Britain in 1919. The concert in Bargoed that led to his expulsion was chaired by conscientious objector Morgan Evans (later an MP) and the debate at the concert between Bolshevik-supporting Soermus, the Independent Labour Party pacifist Evans and an outraged soldier in the audience dramatically illustrates the division of […]
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