{"id":25092,"date":"2026-04-21T09:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=pamphlets&#038;p=25092"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:52:53","slug":"the-spirit-there-is-magnificent","status":"publish","type":"pamphlets","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/pamphleteer\/the-spirit-there-is-magnificent\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit There Is Magnificent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAll railways stopped, no papers published and trade union men \u2026 ordered to stop work\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bristol\u2019s trade unionists were ill-prepared for a General Strike when the call came from the Trade Union Congress to support the locked-out miners. The government, however, had made extensive preparations with warships sent to the docks, troops to the electricity power station and special police constables on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, workers pulled together with impressive resolve and energy as detailed in this pamphlet by Rob Whitfield. <i>The Spirit There Is Magnificent<\/i> tells the story of Bristol in those tumultuous nine days and, indeed, the days that followed.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"brhg-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/2026\/04\/general-strike-centenary-series\/\">Buy all 8 pamphlets in the General Strike Centenary Series<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAll railways stopped, no papers published and trade union men \u2026 ordered to stop work\u201d Bristol\u2019s trade unionists were ill-prepared for a General Strike when the call came from the Trade Union Congress to support the locked-out miners. 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