What was life like in Nottingham during the 1926 General Strike?
Join local historian Roger Tanner at Nottingham Central Library on Saturday 11 July to explore the stories, struggles and impact on the local community.
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We discuss the derailing of the Flying Scotsman, plus other incidents of anti-scab sabotage (told by workers who did them!), in our three-part podcast series on the general strike.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e119-121-1926-general-strike/ #GeneralStrike100
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#OnThisDay: 11 May 1926. The General Strike is called off. An editorial in The Evening Post the next day when it was able to resume printing stated: "Unless a General Strike has a revolutionary aim it is bound to be futile."
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#generalstrike day 7.
The belief that the press ceased during the strike is a bit of a myth. While print workers were called out, journalists were not part of the TUC and did not strike. Some London newspapers were knocked out, but many regional papers were unaffected, and most at least managed to put out bulletins.
On 10 May the Daily Graphic showcased examples of 'emergency transport: a horse and cart, volunteers manning trains, and a steam lorry.
#OnThisDay: 10 May 1926 Nottingham bus driver arrested for trying to stop another transport department worker reporting for work during General Strike. Pushed him from bike shouting, "Where are you going? Be a man you dirty dog." Fined 2 pounds
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#OnThisDay: 8 May 1926 4 Nottingham brewery workers arrested during General Strike after allegedly telling blacklegs that if they boarded bus they would wait for them with a Mills bomb on return journey. Charged with committing an act likely to impede or restrict transport & fined 2 pounds each
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Excited for the latest issue of @newint to hit my doormat! On the centenary of the General Strike no less...
What was the 1926 General Strike?
https://phm.org.uk/blogposts/1926-general-strike/
Which reminds me that I also need to go to the exhibition at the People's History Museum. On until the Autumn.
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#OnThisDay: 6 May 1926 first issue of Nottingham's twice-daily Strike Bulletin urged workers to ignore "any Government or anti-strike propaganda publications, obviously inspired to mislead the public and to attempt to break the General Strike."
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