"Great Peace Demonstration poster" [NMLH.1994.35.4]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.35.4

Object Name
poster

Title
GREAT PEACE DEMONSTRATION COLMAN INSTITUTE

Place
Redhill

People
League of Nations; Co-operative Party; Churches and Pacifist Group; Communist Party; Labour Party

Events
Second World War

Description
Paper poster mounted on card reading "GREAT PEACE DEMONSTRATION, COLMAN INSTITUTE (London Road, Redhill) on Wednesday next, 27th May".


The poster may be from 1936, when 27 May fell on a Wednesday, as the top line reads "The world is on the brink of war" which could allude to the Second World War, and one of the speakers is from the League of Nations Youth Group, which was founded in 1920 following the First World War.


The poster encourages people to "Unite and Rally" and "Cry Halt! to War and Armaments". The Chair is stated as Major H. E. Weaver with speakers from the Co-operative Party, Churches and Pacifist Group, Reigate Divisional Labour Party, League of Nations Youth Group, and Communist Party.

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