Our sixth Mary Quaile Club event took place in Ashton-under-Lyne and was a celebration of the life and politics of Hannah Mitchell (1871 -1956). Hannah was a socialist and suffragette who lived in Bolton between 1900 and 1910 on Elizabeth…
Our sixth Mary Quaile Club event took place in Ashton-under-Lyne and was a celebration of the life and politics of Hannah Mitchell (1871 -1956). Hannah was a socialist and suffragette who lived in Bolton between 1900 and 1910 on Elizabeth…
The Mary Quaile Club held its 5th event on Saturday 27th September 2014 at 3 Minute Theatre, Oldham Street, Manchester. We showed United Kingdom, a BBC Play for Today written by Jim Allen and originally shown in December 1981. Jimmy…
On 21st June 2014 we held our fourth event in the Annexe of the Working Class Movement Library which was a special screening of The Spongers written by Jim Allen. First broadcast in 1978 as part of the Play for…
On Saturday 24 May we welcomed John Fay, writer of TV dramas such as Brookside, Coronation Street, Blue Murder and The Mill, an historical Channel 4 series set in Styal Mill. In a wide ranging, thoughtful, and never less than…
Our second meeting, ably chaired by Alice Searle, was a success. A packed room at the Friends Meeting House heard Granville Williams from the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom and Stephen Kingston from the Salford Star discuss…