175th Anniversary of the
1839 Chartist Rising:
SOME Events in Newport
FREE at Newport Museum & Art Gallery
Visitors
can see on the first floor the
outstanding permanent Chartist displays opened 2010 and from 18 October with a
chance to see original Chartist broadsheets, lithographs, posters and bills
from the collection.
Tuesday 28 October 7.00pm - Lecture in the Art Gallery with Prof. Chris Williams (Head of
History at Cardiff University):
“Sir Thomas Phillips -
The
Great Hero of the Newport Rising”
Saturday 1 November:
10.0 -16.00: 8th Annual
Newport Chartist Convention at Newport City Campus:
AM Session: What was the
1839 South Wales ‘Rising’? Three history professors lead discussion: Malcolm
Chase (Leeds), Owen Ashton (Staffordshire) and Chris Williams (Cardiff)
PM Session: Women and the
Vote, Merthyr Rising 1831 – Val Williams (Chance Encounters Theatre) Chartism
& Women - Joan Allen (Newcastle University) Newport Suffragettes - Ryland
Wallace The Bird in the Cage - Winding Snake Production
Animation film about Lady Rhondda
Tuesday 4 November
3.00pm at the
Murrenger,High Street:
This month’s Newport
Museum’s Down Your Local is going to be a Chartist Rising special. Paul Busby,
local historian will be talking about Thomas Prothero, the arch enemy of John
Frost, followed by discussion about the 1839 events.
Saturday 8 November:
Chartist Day at the Museum
& Art Gallery:
Activities for all ages,
discover the story behind
what happened at the
Westgate 1839
For information about more events
surrounding the anniversary request a copy of Chartist Magazine from its editor: les.james22@gmail.com
For a thrilling background to the social and political circumstances that led to the Newport Rising, listen to a brand new recording of Alexander Cordell's bestselling Rape of the Fair Country, available to download now at http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Classics/Rape-of-the-Fair-Country-Audiobook/B00OU14O98/
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