Tolpuddle Martyrs` Festival
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Tolpuddle Martyrs` Festival
Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival 17-19 July 2015 Old court The Old Crown Court on the High Street in Dorchester where the Martyrs were tried and sentenced, will be open on Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 10am-1pm. Learn more about the plans to create a major new centre for social history. Tolpuddle Martyrs’ On 24th February 1834, six farm labourers from Tolpuddle were arrested on a charge of administering an illegal oath. The real offence was daring to form a trade union to defend their livelihoods. For this they were sentenced to seven years’ transportation to the penal colonies of Australia. The sentences provoked an immense outcry, leading to the first great mass trade union protest. The campaign won free pardons and the Martyrs returned home. It was an historic episode in the struggle for trade union rights in Britain and around the world. Let the village tell the story Visit the places where the dramatic events of the story took place. There will be a new audio-visual trail available. See www.tolpuddlemartyrs. org.uk Maxine Peake’s narration will guide you through the village. Tony Gould will also lead guided walks through the village to see where the Martyrs lived, worshipped and organised. Meet at the sculpture in front of the cottage at 11am and 2pm on Saturday. Donations to the Village Hall. Martyrs’ Museum 12 1 Toilets Former Vicarage 2 11 Church James Hammett grave River Piddle 3 10Village Hall Martyrs’ Tree TOLPUDDLE The Martyrs Inn 4 9 Martyrs’ Cottage Old Chapel 56 Orchard Meadow 7 water meadows 8 Methodist Chapel and arch River Piddle Starting at 11am Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th July, the Tolpuddle History School has become a popular supplement to the Festival. From Tolpuddle to Red May Days and beyond Prof Chris Wrigley Mobile cinema- dissent in distribution Reuben Irving The life of Angela Gradwell Tuckett 1906-1994 Rosie McGregor Disobedient Objects Gavin Grindon Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition Political or cultural revolution: Which comes first? Chris Jury Gardener’s Boy Music: Black rebellion and racial memory in the history of ska Dave Chapple Village walk Tony Gould The Practical Prince: Alex Gossip and the Socialist Fairy Tale Dr John Callow Shire Hall visit Martin Cooke Musicians as workers:120 years of the Musicians’ Union Prof Martin Cloonan The BBC: a contrary institution. Reporting and being radical in the eighties Prof Jean Seaton The 60s protest movement in Britain Les Kennedy Down with the baby starver government: movements of the unemployed and the culture of protest in interwar Britain Dr Stephanie Ward Open to all: information, costs and booking www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk Tin Village Prepare and cook your own delicious organic pizzas using the hand-built clay oven. the hilarious to breathtakingly dangerous stunts. Card Born Castles, turrets, moats, knights and legendary sword fights. Musician and artist Jonny Nicholds creates a medieval castle drama and lots of for an interactive fun. child-led musical Drum Circle adventure. Drumming and Wally Story Telling percussion to Gentle clowning Storyteller Mark inspire learning. techniques, mime, Fraser presents Join the drum and circus skills original tales with circle and find moves from your rhythm. masks, puppets, Face Painting Woodies The Woodcraft Folk offer their unique and spontaneous range of activities. SwapShop National BearCat Collective Union of invites you to Kids take something Solidarity should you want, leave start young. something you don’t. See web site and boards at the Festival for timings and full details. Democracy in the making – unfinshed business? The banner used on the cover was created by Jason Wilsher-Mills, a UK-based disabled digital artist using his iPad. It is one of eighteen banners hanging in Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament to chart the UK’s 800-year-old constitutional history since the Magna Carta. As well as the Tolpuddle Martrys, the exhibition, The Beginnings of that Freedome, celebrates the Chartists, Suffragettes, the Levellers, Race Relations Act, and the Poor Law. The exhibition runs to November, more information on: www.parliament.uk/2015 Democracy Debates Saturday 18th July 1-5pm Cottage Garden Tent Votes at 16? Compulsory voting? DEBATE How to engage the next generation How do young people protest today? Organised with Parliament, South West Youth Parliament and TUC Young Members’ Forum. photo Oliver Webb photo Karen Hatch i K ds A weekend programme of films in a mobile vintage cinema: The Square w No w The Revolution will not be televised w It happened here w The Spirit of ‘45 w plus short films, screenings and award ceremony for the Small Axe international radical film festival. See www.tolpuddleradicalfilm.g.uk for details. Friday 17th July Tolpuddle treat Saturday 18th July 7pm get into the festival mood with some great afternoon music. speakup The Hurriers 7.45pm 7pm poetry open mic from 12.00 stallholders get their say 12.30 openmic 8.35pm Big John Reed runs tolpuddle talent from 1pm 9.25pm and the Hoodrats Curtis Ellers American Circus 10.30pm FRINGE MEETING 7pm Village Hall STALLS A vibrant mix of voluntary, charity, trade union and political stalls inside and outside the Martyrs’ Marquee. For more information on applying for a space see: www.tolpuddlemartys.org.uk TALKING in tents Saturday 18th July After the General Election there will be plenty to discuss and debate. There will be a packed programme in the Martyrs’ Marquee the Fringe Tent 8pm union stalls and a new marquee in the cottage gardens. See web site and boards at the Festival for timings and full details. Sharp political humour set to music. Recent tours include Stop UKIP and Rock the Vote. 9pm 5pm Unite Dana Immanuel and the Stolen Band Skimmity Hitchers tolpuddle unplugged 7pm Stick on the Wheel Dana and her all-girl Stolen Band, have been getting feet stomping with folk, blues, Americana and rock. 10.30pm Steve White leads an acoustic free-for-all in the Fringe tent 7.00-10.00 The music of people, in their own accents, from their kitchens and living rooms. fRoots 2014 Editor’s Album of the year. Traditional Irish tunes dosed with punk. Neck drag any crowd into the party with their infectious reels, powerful riffs and fantastic lyrics. Sunday 19th July Tatty Smart MC Alex Yeandle 11am na-mara 11.45am HPiOkA e Walk from D prison to To orchester Bus from To lpuddle lp 8.30am to jo uddle at in walk at 9am the . Village Hall Coffee, cakes, salad lunches and cream teas provided by villagers. 10-4.30 check out book signings wreath laying 1.15 Various Guises 12.30pm the darwins 3.15pm Victorian Barbers 1.15pm Bemis 4.15pm Chapel Service 5pm Sunday 19th July 11am 11.50am Robb Johnson Justin Curry and Phil Simmonds MC from 10.45 SPEAKERS Procession 2pm 1pm photos Jess Hurd 12.30 including: Seth Lakeman SPEAKERS Leslie Manasseh TUC President Steve Turner Unite Assistant General Secretary 3.45pm 3.15pm including: David Wrighton Methodist Minister Frances O'Grady 4.45pm TUC General Secretary More speakers to be confirmed nearer the day. Check out the web site for details Nigel Costley South West TUC Regional Secretary Tolpuddle Martyrs Dorset Equity will bring them alive Angela Eagle MP Billy Bragg Passes and prices How to get to Tolpuddle Friday 17th and Saturday 18th July Adult: £30 Children aged 5-15: £5 under-5s: free Friday day-pass Adult: £10 Children aged 5-15: £5 under-5s: free Saturday day-pass Adult: £15 Children aged 5-15: £5 under-5s: free Camping Each tent will need a tag costing: £15 Camper vans: £30 No cars in the camping area. £5 camping parking. No caravans. Space is tight with no marked pitches. No event shelters. To camp in groups please arrive together. Hot showers and posh loos. CPAP users: contact the TUC to arrange a pitch. Sunday Rally Day 19th July Free admission Parking on top field: donations Buy On-line www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk cheques payable to TUC. Follow signs from the A35 Damory run public buses to the car parks. On Sunday from Dorchester South please enter from the east. Station on Fridays: 13.10, 15.55 and 17.45 Parking charges: £5 on (check times closer to the date) camping field. Donations for Sunday top field Tolpuddle Festival shuttle parking. Coaches drop off from Dorchester South and park to the east of the Station on Friday 19.45 village. Log your coach and Sunday 11.35 returning with [email protected] from Tolpuddle 17.30 and 18.30. £3 each way. Take the train to Dorchester DT2 7EH tDORCHESTER BOURNEMOUTHu South West TUC, Church House, Church Road, Filton, Bristol BS34 7BD 0117 947 0521 [email protected] www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk @tolpuddlefest @swtuc