Our textile group provided a great display of their work recently – here are some pictures if you missed it. Editor
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Thursday 21st April Aughton , Clieves Hills
Thursday 12th May Hilbre Island
Thursday 26th May Princes, Sefton and Otterspool Parks
Thursday 23rd June Haskayne & Lydiate
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‘THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS’
by Robert Tressell
The author of this world-famous novel about working class life and struggles died on 3 February 1911. His book, published well over 150 times sold millions of copies around the world and was hailed as the first great English novel about the class war.
To celebrate Tressell’s life and work, Manchester Trades Union Council has organised an exhibition at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford open between 1.00pm and 5.00pm, Wednesdays to Fridays, from 3 February until 10 March 2011.
For more information about the exhibition click here. For more about the book, which is still in print, click here.