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BRHG
\nc\/o Dreadnought Books
\n125 St George's Road
\nBristol
\nBS1 5UW
\nbrh@brh.org.uk<\/address><\/div>\n

Keep in touch<\/h2>\n

If you would like to join our e-mail list<\/strong><\/a> please send us an e-mail. We will let you know about Bristol Radical History and other interesting events, however, we will not send you lots of junk e-mail. Bristol Radical History Group promise not to pass on your email addresses to anybody else or to use them for anything other than the e-mail list.<\/p>\n

Or you can follow us on the Bristol Radical History Group Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a> and Group<\/a><\/strong>, Instagram<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and on Bluesky<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

BRHG in a nutshell<\/h2>\n

Since 2006 BRHG have organised over 500 events; staging walks, talks, gigs, historical recreations, films, exhibitions, trips through the archives and fireside story telling. We have several active research projects, publish a range of books and pamphlets and host an archive on this website.<\/p>\n

BRHG projects and events are organised by local people from Bristol and the group is NOT funded by universities, political parties, business or local government. No members of BRHG are paid, we break even by relying on our members giving their labour for free, donations from the audiences and the sale of publications.<\/p>\n

BRHG are associated with several other history groups in Bristol including\u00a0Remembering the Real World War One<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Eastville Workhouse Memorial Group<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0Countering-Colston Group<\/strong><\/a>. BRHG are also a member of the\u00a0International History From Below Network<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

What does Radical mean?<\/h2>\n

Radical<\/strong> (adjective) 1. (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough. 2. characterised by departure from tradition; innovative or progressive. [etymology – from latin: radix <\/i>meaning roots]<\/p>\n

Our philosophy<\/h2>\n

Bristol Radical History Group was formed in 2006 after the cricket and football teams we were playing for got sick of us going on about the book The Many Headed Hydra<\/em><\/a> and its connections to Bristol. This book inspired us to look into our local history and its connections with the revolutionary Atlantic. We organised the first Bristol Radical History Week<\/em><\/a> in Oct\/Nov 2006 with the following aims:<\/p>\n