In 1926, on the eve of the General Strike, Shapurji Saklatvala MP called on soldiers not to shoot their fellow workers. He was arrested on charges of sedition, his trial was rushed through, and he was imprisoned until the strike was officially over.
In the final of a series of three blogs exploring the 1926 General Strike, Dr Dan Edmonds, PHM and Royal Holloway University of London researcher, tells us more about Saklatvala, 100 years after his release from prison.
The 1926 General Strike is often remembered in terms of the men who were involved, and the nine days of official strike action. However, following the strike’s official ending, over one million miners remained on strike, many for the rest of 1926.
In the second of a series of three blogs exploring the strike, Dr Dan Edmonds, PHM and Royal Holloway University of London researcher, tells us more about the crucial role of the women who sustained the strike.
100 years ago, at the height of the 1926 General Strike, the Flying Scotsman came off the tracks in Cramlington, Northumberland. But who derailed the most famous train in the country, and why?
In the first of a series of three blogs exploring the 1926 General Strike, we caught up with Dan Edmonds, PHM and Royal Holloway University of London researcher to shine a light on the story behind the headlines.
People’s History Museum Honorary Fellow Dr Shirin Hirsch uncovers the history of the 1926 General Strike to explain why a strike in Britain was called and the reason for its collapse just nine days later.
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