15 September 2015

The schoolchildren's strikes, 1889 - Steven Johns

The schoolchildren's strikes, 1889 - Steven Johns

... The strike spread rapidly across the country. I have been able to find
references to schoolchildren walking out over the next few days in
Finsbury Park, Homerton, Woolwich, Plumstead, Kennington, Charlton and
Lambeth in London, West Hartlepool and Middlesbrough elsewhere in
England, and Rattray, Blairgowrie, Hawick, Edinburgh and Dundee in
Scotland. ... 

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