Revisiting The General Strike of 1926

Professor James Thompson is coming to the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub on Wednesday 11 November to talk about the General Strike of 1926. The talk is hosted by the Historical Association Gloucestershire, and it arrives on the centenary of the strike itself, so the timing is a bit more than a coincidence.

Thompson is a Professor of Modern British History at the University of Bristol, and he's not just skimming the surface of the event. He looks at the mobilisation on both sides — the strikers who walked out and the strike breakers who kept things running — and places their activities within the culture of interwar public politics. From there, he charts the strike's impact and its legacy on British political culture, so it's as much about what happened after the lines were drawn as it is about the strike itself.

If you can't make it in person, there's a Zoom option too. The talk starts at 7.30pm at the Heritage Hub on Alvin Street, GL1 3DW. It's free for members and students, and £4 for visitors. You don't need to book for the in-person session, but you will need to register if you're joining via Zoom.