Mary Quaile event on 3 October 2015 with Brian Lavery and Hilda Palmer

We were delighted to welcome  Brian Lavery and Hilda Palmer to our event on 3 October in the Annexe at the Working Class Movement Library.

Brian discussed his  book “The Headscarf Revolutionaries” (Barbican Press, 2015)  which looked back  to 1968 at the remarkable and  successful  campaign waged by working class women  in Hull, led by Lillian Bilocca, to get proper health and safety on trawlers after the loss of three trawlers in a matter of weeks.  He also  spoke about the way that Lillian was portrayed  in the press and  how sadly  this led to people in Hull turning against her.

Hilda from the Greater Manchester Hazards Centre reflected on the struggle for proper health  and safety at work and how the gains of the last 40 years are under assault as never before  by the present government.

Our thanks to Brian and Hilda for two excellent talks

Brian’s  book can be purchased online from News from Nowhere

 

 

 

 

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