Issues of the North West Labour History Journal
The latest issue, and back issues of many editions, of North West Labour History journal are available to order. Costs for each issue include postage.
The latest issue, and back issues of many editions, of North West Labour History journal are available to order. Costs for each issue include postage.
A personal recollection of the early days of our Society by Alan Fowler
A Transatlantic Friendship by Lucy Evans
‘Who killed Cock Robin?’ by Keith Laybourn
The Times and the Great Hunger of 1847 by David Hargreaves
Dr William Pickens – Anti Racist Internationalist by Henry Holborn
The Lucas Aerospace Alternative Corporate Plan 1976 by Graham Hollinshead
“Our future was unemployment and so we marched.” by Chris Jones
Mary Bamber and the Liverpool Laundry Workers Strike of 1914 by James Rees
The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911 by Ralph Darlington
The Labour Party Rally held at Belle Vue, Manchester 4th July, 1948 by Eddie Little and Pat Bowker
Grass Roots Books 1971 - 1990 by Maggie Walker, Gay Jones, Fran Devine and Rick Secombe
Single Step Lancaster
News from Nowhere by Paula Moorhouse
Getting our hands dirty Moss Side Community Press in the 1970s by Jo Somerset
Manchester’s Opposition To Slavery: the Free Trade Hall Meetings by Chris Clayton
The Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861-1865 and the Increased Risk of Starvation for Indian Peasants by David Hargreaves
The Occupation of Croxteth Comprehensive School by Lee Richardson
Johnnie Duxbury 1907 - 1993 by Roger Smalley
Bridging time through the magic of photography: Shirley Baker in Salford by Evelyn Ashmore
Fielden Brothers of Todmorden: How one cotton firm profited from slavery By June Turner
Master & Servants Acts: Warrington employers and magistrates versus William Prowting Roberts and trades unions 1846 - 1847 by Yvonne Eckersley
Selina at the Unity by Kevin Webb
Merseyside Aid to Spain Movement by Lee Richardson
No Irish need apply by Caitlin Carter
An undaunted library reinvents itself by Lynette Cawthra
Give us work, not dole: A rank and file history of the Meccano sit-in by Greig Campbell
Women’s Football – Not Just a Game? by Chris Clayton
Remembering Veronica Trick
Ellen Tooley: ‘The power to get things changed!’ Eccles’ First Woman councillor by Veronica Trick
John Cassidy: Manchester Sculptor by Charles Hulme
Alexandra Park Manchester: A Park Of Protest, 1870 to 1919 by Angela Downing
Britain’s first migrant strike: labour militancy and racial politics at Courtaulds, Preston by Jack Hepworth
The Deposing of William Huskisson by James Rees
Public history and the past: slavery memorials in Lancaster by Hilda Kean
Manchester, Liverpool and slavery by Marika Sherwood
The Nelson Pacifists & the Jailed German Revolutionary by John Morrison
Peterloo: The Ringing of Anniversary Bells by Alan Fowler & Terry Wyke
“The Time is Now Rotten Ripe to Strike” the 1912 Garston Bobbin Workers Dispute by James Rees
Strike At Pilkingtons: 50 Years On by Pierre Botcherby
Peterloo: Radicals, Magistrates and Female Reformers around Leigh and Wigan by Yvonne Eckersley
Queens of the Coal Age: Lancashire Women Against Pit Closures by Pierre Botcherby
The Scottish Labour History Society by David Hargreaves
The North East Labour History Society by Eddie Little
Mrs Pankhurst’s Advice Column: A Forgotten Manchester SourcePart II by Terry Wyke
Thomas Unsworth, a ticket of leave man by Members of the Culcheth Local History Group
An Extra Rowl-O'er by Alan Fowler
The Liverpool Typists Strike 1981 by Peter Cresswell
Alice Foley, A Bolton Childhood Part II by Alan Fowler
Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society by Alice Lock
Time and the Pankhursts: Emmeline & Christabel in Wartime by David Hargreaves
TUC centenary celebrations at Belle Vue, Manchester 1968 by Neil Redfern
The Liverpool Bread Riots, 1855 by R.M. Jones
A good read?
A Stalybridge Blanketeer by Alice Lock
Peterloo, William Cobbett & Tom Paine's Bones by Chris Clayton
Reginald John Richardson Jack Peters
The General Strike of 1842 by Chris Clayton & David Hargreaves
Charles Shaw
Mrs Pankhurst's Advice Column: A Forgotten Manchester Source by Terry Wyke
The TUC Centenary of 1968 By David Hargreaves
Introduction to 'A Bolton Childhood' by Alice Foley Alan Fowler
Wigan's "doughty henchwomen" by Yvonne Eckersley
A Blue Plaque for Jeannie by James Rees
Joyce Marlow by Eddie Little
Turbulent Times in Stalybridge by Edmund and Ruth Frow
The ‘Real Rebels’ of the First World War by Alison Ronan
John Smethurst Interview - part 2
We Only Want The Earth A review by Stephen Rydzkowski
Remembering the Blanketeers Transcript of a talk given by Trevor Fisher
Strawberry Studios by Eddie Little
Betty Tebbs: A woman with no fear of the powerful by Linda Clair
A Mad Race for Armaments by David Hargreaves
Cinderella comes to Manchester by Chris Clayton
Workers’ Memorial Day by Paul Dennett
Mary Hardie Bamber 1874 – 1938 by James Rees
John Tocher and the limits of commitment by Geoff Brown
The Mosley Rally King's Hall Belle Vue, February 1933 by Bernard Rothman
Jimmy Shand, Salford and the Spanish Civil War by Lee Richardson
From Canada to Salford:Salford’s Forgotten Pacifist MP by Christine Clayton
Winifred Mabel Letts: Poet Of Romance And War by Cynthia Greenwood
Guernica in Manchester (Re-Representation) by Tim Dunbar
The Battle of Belle Vue Street Remembered by Michael Bennett
Alan O’Toole Lost Historian: The Man Who Found Tressell’s Grave by Tony Wailey
The Stockport Socialist in the Easter rising by Robin Stocks
“All work most harmoniously together”: Hyde in the cotton famine 1861-1865 by Christine Clayton
The Voice Of Lancashire by Sacha Ismail
Enid Stacy 1868-1903 by Rae Street
No Power on Earth: the story of James Hindle Hudson by Christine Clayton
Depicting the Battle of the Somme in Textile Lancashire by Alan Fowler & Terry Wyke
Love on the Dole by Charlie Fairhurst
150 years of Manchester & Salford Trades Council by Dennis Maginn
James Keir Hardie by Christine Clayton
In Manchester I learned the Purpose: John Trevor and the Labour Church by David Hargreaves
How valuable a source of history ordinary people are by Jim Leigh
Radical Readings by Royston Futter
Broadside Ballads - Nineteenth Century Ballads from Collections in Manchester by J.E. Reid
James Connolly in Salford by Eddie Little
Hope in the dark: the role of the radical bookshop by Mandy Vere
The Trials of Ernest Everett by Jeremy Hawthorn
Voting for Change: 150 years of radical movements, 1819 to 1969 by Harriett Beeforth
No Friends of State; Port City Writers and The Sea by Tony Wailey
Labour in Altrincham during the War Years, 1914 to 1918 by Colin Graham
Recollections of a Working Life by John Smethurst
May Day Festival 2015: Manchester Trades Council by Matthew Thompson
1919 Race Riots In Liverpool Chloe Emmott
The beacon of hope: Hyndman Hall Keith Scholey
David Logan MP, Waiting for War: Liverpool 1939 John Davies
Robert Blatchford and the Pope: Ten Years in the Life of Robert Peel Blatchford David Hargreaves
Sam Fitton’s Christmas Cartoons in the First World War Alan Fowler and Terry Wyke
Opposing the Great War: The story of Harold Derbyshire (1894-1945)
Shadow of a Nation Letitia Anne Rhys
Life and Labour in Altrincham 1890 - 1914 Colin Graham
The Manchester No-Conscription Fellowship Maintenance Committee 1916-1918 Alison Ronan
Fascism and Anti Fascism on Merseyside during the 1930s Stuart Murphy
The Beginning Peter Carter
Eric Leonard Taplin, 22 February 1925 – 22 September 2012 Sam Davies
Eric Taplin and the Founding of the North West Labour History Society Alan Fowler
Eric Taplin Francis Devine
The General Strike in Manchester Ruth and Eddie Frow
Blackpool: A miner’s daughter reflects on her first visit in 1930 Royce Turner and Andrea Wingfield
How Did the American Civil War Affect the Lancashire Cotton Industry? Bill Pearson
The Costs of War: Living in the Lancashire Coalfield 1943-1944 John Davies
’Much more must be done to save the Spanish Republic’: The Liverpool labour movement and the Spanish Civil War Richard Ryan Dublin Lock Out 1913 Chris Clayton
The Mason and Wheeldon Families’ Fight For Justice Pat Bowker
The Parentages of Edward Whittle and Margaret McKay Edward J. Davies
Looking Beyond the Obvious: A photograph and the story of a strike and of strikes yet to come Andrew Simpson
‘This Was a Man ...’: Mr John Walsh of Liverpool and the Postmen’s Federation, 1854–1927 Francis Devine
Annie Marland: Popular organiser for the Women’s Trade Union League Alice Lock
Doing it the hard way! A Staff Photographer’s life at the Manchester Evening News Bob Corfield
Fractured, fragile, creative: A brief analysis of wartime friendships between provincial women anti-war activists, 1914-1918 Alison Ronan
Remembering Michael Prendergast and John William Sutcliffe Jeremy Hawthorn
Nelson ILP Clarion House Centenary
World War Two: On the Back Benches 1942 – JJ (Joe) Tinker John Davies
The Liverpool General Transport Strike, 1911 Eric Taplin
An Unexpected Link with the 1911 Liverpool Transport Strike Bob Hayes
So Why Not Have a Go? The Liverpool transport strikes of 1911 Jeremy Hawthorn
‘Rid The World’: Tom Mann and the 1911 Liverpool Transport Strike – Unity Theatre, Liverpool, March 2011 Pat Bowker
‘Cribbed, Cabined and Confined’ – Manchester United’s union ‘Outcasts’ of 1909 Lynette Cawthra
A History of News From Nowhere, Liverpool’s Radical and Community Bookshop Mandy Vere
The Asian Youth Movement in Manchester Anandi Ramamurthy
‘Rowdyism versus Respectability’: Liverpool and Belfast’s experiences of Protestant street preaching during the Edwardian period Gareth Jenkins
Evacuation from Liverpool in World War Two: A view from below John Davies
Brother Smethurst Francis Devine
Pacifism and Socialism in Hyde during the Great War Christine Clayton
Saving infant life in Bolton: Women co-operators to the rescue Mary Mullen
Death of an Auxiliary Eddie Little
Working-Class Culture in the 1930s: ‘Going to the dogs’, David Logan MP, unemployment, gambling and greyhound racing John Davies
Making Masculinities: Boy’s football in Bolton in the 1920s Dr. Peter Swain
The Weavers’ Triangle – Preserving Burnley’s textile heritage Brian Hall
Symbolism in Trade Union Emblems at WCML Hazel Bowden
Archaeological Investigations of Workers’ Housing in Manchester Norman Redhead
John Smethurst 1934 – 2010: ‘A Man of the Left’
Two Cocks on the Dunghill Penny Young
The General Strike 1926: Some Catholic Responses, Cardinal Francis Bourne,
John Wheatley MP, James Sexton MP and Joseph Tinker MP John Davies
The Radical Press Gang ... Stephen Kingston
Working-Class Heroes: Researching First World War Working-Class Soldiers Larysa Bolton
Voices Magazine: A Cultural History Antony Rowland
Philip Snowden’s dramatic conversion to socialism in 1893: A literary examination Tristan Bunnell
Seth Sagar’s Memoirs: Part II
The Plastic Bizzies: Part II John Lafferty
Ruth Frow: A life in Labour History John Smethurst, Eric Taplin, Pat Bowker
No Place for a Lady: How the unions tried to keep women out of office – a case study of Alice Foley Joyce Whitehead
One Woman’s Story – September 1985 Marge Short
Seth Sagar’s memoirs – part 1
‘The power to get things changed!’: Ellen Tooley, Eccles’ First Woman Councillor Veronica Trick
The Politics of Pauperism in Salford in the 1920s John Henry
Mothers and Daughters: Working Class Women, Liverpool 1900-1940 – an oral history John Davies
Obituary: John (‘Jack’) Edward Washington
Who makes the Nazis? North west experiences of the New Party, 1931-32 Matthew Worley
Manchester, Liverpool and slavery Marika Sherwood
Public history and the past: slavery memorials in Lancaster Hilda Kean
Whose heritage? Adrian Mellor
Cross-party support to save historic youth hostel Bob Abel
Tameside oral history project Alice Lock
The plastic bizzies John Lafferty
Liverpool Love Lane Refinery Lives Ron Noon
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth: her place in the Lancashire protest tradition and her distinctive propaganda style Roger Smalley
A curious commemoration Bob Hayes
Working-class women, Liverpool: Education, 1910-1930 – an oral history John Davies
Michael Davitt, labour and the Irish question John Dunleavy
The story of a Socialist Sunday School banner Gina Bridgeland
The Strange Death of Liberal England John Garrard
Liverpool dockworkers during the First World War Eric Taplin
Davitt remembered: celebrating his life, 1846–1906, in his centenary year Kathleen Lindsay
Opening up the people’s past to the people Naomi Symes
Merseyside Labour: influences on the electoral performance of the Labour Party on Merseyside, 1918–1939 Sam Davies and Bob Morley
John B Smethurst: a celebration Pat Bowker
Ermen and Engels John B Smethurst
John B Smethurst and the North West Labour History Group Eric Taplin
Friends of Manchester Centre for Regional History Mike Rose
Radical tourism Peter Clark
Liverpool working-class women and World War Two: an oral history John Davies
Preserving the past for the future Andrew Schofield
With panache and probity: Barry Williams’ and the progressive movement Jo Stanley
Edmund Frow: centenary Bob Hayes
Bittersweet pensioner stories Ron Noon
The litigious consequences of Mr Cube Ron Noon
Joseph Williamson: the Mole of Edge Hill Norma White
Bolton Socialist Club's centenary at Wood Street Denis Pye
Bolton Socialist Party and Club: 100 Years at Wood Street, 1905-2005 Denis Pye
‘Not all gloom and doom’: seafaring on the Cape Mail during apartheid Mary Spreadbury
Tameside’s Local Studies and Archives move to new purpose-built centre Maureen Burns
Working together’: intercultural exchange contributes to successful European worker representation Christiane Horstenkamp
‘Joseph Rayner Stephens has not fared well at the hands of the historians’: a reappraisal on the bicentenary of his birth Bob Hayes
Nelson ILP Clarion House: a remarkable survivor Chris Clegg
The TEMP manifesto Steve Higginson and Tony Wailey
Hazard! Health in the workplace over 200 years Lynda Jackson
Michael Davitt: Irish patriot and campaigner for social justice Chris Clegg
Voices, Votes and Mock Turtle Soup: Liverpool’s Socialist Women 1893 – 1914 Krista Cowman
‘Good men’: The history and culture of Liverpool Dockworkers Francis Kenny
A Message From Mab: The Manchester working class and its attachment to Percy Bysshe Shelley in the early nineteenth century Michael Bush
The 1945 Manchester Waterproof Clothing Workers’ Strike: Achieving success without traditional trade union support Viv Mackay
Manchester and Salford Film Society Janette Martin
Pedal Power ... The continuing journey of the National Clarion Cycling Club Richard Povall; original songs by Rebekah Hughesand Richard Povall
Message in a Saddlebag Richard Povall
Heritage, Commemoration and Interpretation: Labour and radical movements and the built environment Bob Hayes
Mary Gawthorpe: A Suffragette in America Gail Malmgreen
‘Dear Sisters of the Earth’: The Public Voice of Manchester Women at the Time of Peterloo Michael Bush
Eva Gore-Booth Michael Herbert
‘We Won’t Pay’
‘Was There Another England?’ Joan Littlewood in Manchester Ben Harker
‘Smile, please!’ Women Workers’ Place in North West Studio Photography 1850-1950 Jo Stanley
The March of the Women
The Women’s Peace Crusade in Manchester: June-September 1917 Alison Ronan
The Complete Text of Hannah Eileen Murphy
Writing Hannah Eileen Murphy
‘A Democracy of Working Women’: The Women’s Co-operative Guild
Fighting Deportations and for Family Unity in Greater Manchester – The Early History Steve Cohen
Anti-Fascism in the North West: 1976-1982 Dave Renton
Malcolm X in Manchester and Sheffield Marika Sherwood
Gender, Class and Political Activism in the North West: Labour Women’s Organisation in the 1970s Margaret Creear
My Seventies Bernadette Hyland
Children of the Ghetto: The Story of The Real Thing Dave Haslam
A Continued Commitment to Socialism: Jim Allen’s Television Drama in the 1970s Andy Willis
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised? The Manchester Film and Video Workshop John Crumpton
The Revolution in High Lane? Direct Action Community Politics in Manchester in the 1970s Brian Doherty
The Possibilities of Print: The Alternative Press in the North West during the 1970s Bob Dickinson
The Spanner to the Root Ernie Dalton
Putting a Spanner Up NAFF Don Watson
Music Force CP Lee
Northern England Dreams in Republican Spain Jo Stanley
Ewan MacColl: The Debate Ben Harker and CP Lee
Grass Eye: The story of an underground newspaper Bob Dickinson
The Campaign for Democratic Socialism 1960-1964: An Assessment Richard Gorton
From Gentlemen’s Club to Folk Festival: The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Manchester, 1958-1963 Holger Nehring
Television Drama and Social Change: Jim Allen in the 1960s Andrew Willis
Ewan MacColl – The people’s friend? CP Lee
Liverpool in the 1960s: Counter-cultural struggles on the Mersey Jo Stanley
The Music of the People – The Manchester Folk Scene: A very personal and
perhaps coloured memoir Mike Harding
Communist Party Biographical Project. Communism and the British Labour Movement: A prosopographical analysis, September 1999 – August 2001 Andy Flinn
Material on the North West in the 1960s at the Pumphouse People’s History Museum Phil Dunn