Enjoyed the great collection of ceramics at the Fitzwilliam Museum on a recent visit to Cambridge. Couldn’t find any Chartist or Peterloo stuff, but liked this of Marat very much not in his bathtub
Mark Crail
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Chartism and other #C19th stuff, chartistancestors.co.uk. Author of Tracing Your Labour Movement Ancestors and Chartist Lives, EC member @sslh.bsky.social. Science fiction reader.
New page on Chartist Ancestors: Barnsley Chartist Peter Hoey's petition to John Fielden in support of factory reform #Chartism #FactoryActs #C19th #Barnsley #History www.chartistancestors.co.uk/peter-hoeys-...
Peter Hoey's petition for the factory children - chartist ancestors
Peter Hoey came into radical politics during the agitation for the 1832 Reform Act. Born
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New page on Chartist Ancestors: Barnsley Chartist Peter Hoey's petition to John Fielden in support of factory reform #Chartism #FactoryActs #C19th #Barnsley #History www.chartistancestors.co.uk/peter-hoeys-...
Peter Hoey's petition for the factory children - chartist ancestors
Peter Hoey came into radical politics during the agitation for the 1832 Reform Act. Born
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The 1832 Reform Act made drastic changes to the electoral system, including expanding the right to vote. Dr Philip Salmon looks at the different (and sometimes quite unusual) ways in which people could qualify for the franchise after 1832. @victoriancommons.bsky.social
Who could vote? From potwallopers to ten-pounders: post-1832 franchises explained - The History of Parliament
Philip Salmon examines who could vote following the changes made by the ‘Great’ Reform Act of 1832. This article covers the system which was in operation until the next major Reform Act in 1867.
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I am concerned that some of my ancestors may have come here in small boats in the 7th century, so I’m not English. Or perhaps I’m English and the Romano-Brits my Jutish ancestors displaced aren’t. Maybe Suella can untangle this for me.
Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 3w agoI mean, what is wrong with these people? Have they not got enough to do or something?
#Chartism #Historian In 1958, A.R.Schoyen write a fantastic biography of the Chartist editor and activist George Julian Harney (titled The Chartist Challenge). But then, apparently, nothing. I’ve often wondered who he was and what became of him… chartistancestors.blog/2026/09/23/t...
The Chartist Challenge: in search of A.R.Schoyen
I have often wondered about the author of The Chartist Challenge. Published in 1958 and still an indispensible biography of the Chartist editor and activist George Julian Harney, the book reveals n…
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#Chartism #Historian In 1958, A.R.Schoyen write a fantastic biography of the Chartist editor and activist George Julian Harney (titled The Chartist Challenge). But then, apparently, nothing. I’ve often wondered who he was and what became of him… chartistancestors.blog/2026/09/23/t...
The Chartist Challenge: in search of A.R.Schoyen
I have often wondered about the author of The Chartist Challenge. Published in 1958 and still an indispensible biography of the Chartist editor and activist George Julian Harney, the book reveals n…
chartistancestors.blog
The funeral of the Bethnal Green Chartist martyr Alexander Sharp following his death in Tothill Fields Bridewell took place #OnThisDay 23 September 1849. He had been gaoled after speaking at meetings at Clerkenwell Green and Bishop Bonner’s Fields. www.chartistancestors.co.uk/alexander-sh...
Alexander Sharp, 1821 - 1849 - chartist ancestors
Alexander Sharp was imprisoned in 1848 after speaking at a series of meetings at Clerkenwell
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Missed this year's Chartism Day, or wish to revisit the highlights? Mark Crail @markcrail.bsky.social reports on a memorable day at the Friends Meeting House in Warwick. Read his report on the latest research on Chartism here: sslh.org.uk/2026/09/22/c...
Chartism Day 2026: conference report
Some fifty delegates crowded into the seventeenth-century Friends Meeting House at Warwick on Saturday 19 September for Chartism Day 2026 to hear speakers range across the history and historiograph…
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James Watson, radical London publisher, ‘blasphemer’, organiser of the 1834 Copenhagen Fields meeting to demand the return of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, was born at Malton, Yorkshire, #OnThisDay 21 September 1799. www.chartistancestors.co.uk/james-watson...
James Watson, 1799 - 1874 - chartist ancestors
James Watson was one of the quartet of radical London publishers who were at the heart of the battle of the unstamped press and later went on to form the London Working Men's Association. Influenced b...
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The funeral of the “Bethnal Green Martyr” Joseph Williams took place #OnThisDay 16 September 1849 at Victoria Park Cemetery. Williams, a prominent Chartist, died in Tothill Fields gaol after being convicted of making seditious speeches at Clerkenwell Green www.chartistancestors.co.uk/joseph-willi...
Joseph Williams, 1809-1849 - chartist ancestors
Joseph Williams was imprisoned in 1848 after speaking at a series of meetings at Clerkenwell
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The funeral of the “Bethnal Green Martyr” Joseph Williams took place #OnThisDay 16 September 1849 at Victoria Park Cemetery. Williams, a prominent Chartist, died in Tothill Fields gaol after being convicted of making seditious speeches at Clerkenwell Green www.chartistancestors.co.uk/joseph-willi...
Joseph Williams, 1809-1849 - chartist ancestors
Joseph Williams was imprisoned in 1848 after speaking at a series of meetings at Clerkenwell
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Final call: Chartist Day is this Saturday at the Friends Meeting House in Warwick. Book now to avoid disappointment as tickets are limited. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
Chartism Day 2026
Join us to discover the latest research on Chartism and get the chance to meet fellow Chartist scholars and enthusiasts. All welcome.
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Fun fact: if you're looking for space opera novels written by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors, I've got a handy spreadsheet just for you! I've maintained this list for several years, and it's still growing! #sciencefiction #books Give it a look. Bookmark it! tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
#Chartism #C19th #History The London Chartist Daniel William Ruffy, better known as Ruffy Ridley, was born #OnThisDay 14 September 1805. His incredible story is one of 42 told in my book Chartist Lives www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
#Chartism #C19th #History The London Chartist Daniel William Ruffy, better known as Ruffy Ridley, was born #OnThisDay 14 September 1805. His incredible story is one of 42 told in my book Chartist Lives www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
I wonder when we lost the ability to just say 'this content is not aimed at me but clearly it is valuable to a lot of people'. I don't read romance novels but I don't want to torch the headquarters of Mills and Boon.
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 4w agoThe world’s most normal commentators here. Hadley sitting in her flat, grinding her teeth and seething with rage at the drag queen show. And I doubt the paper’s readers give a damn either.
I’m on Glasgow Green, site of the 1838 launch of the People’s Charter by Rev. Arthur Wade . This is a massive public space which could easily have accomdated the reported 100,000 crowd
Chartism Day 2026 is just ten days away. This year's event is held at the Friends Meeting House in Warwick on the 19 September. All are welcome, but numbers are limited. A must for all interested in the Chartist movement! Book here now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...
