Archive
This is an archive of the material we produced and reports on past events. This will be updated over time.
Newsletters
Newsletter May 2011 (pdf)
Newsletter Feb 2010 (pdf)
1831 Reform Riots
In October 1831 Nottingham Castle was burned down in what became known as the Reform Riots. Though these events are often referred to, little is known about who the rioters were and what may have motivated them.
Our pamphlet and the guided walk take a close look at the direct action of these ‘misguided rascals’ and discuss their motives as well as their living and working conditions.
To the Castle! (pdf) this is the second (revised) edition of our pamphlet.
See also the materials, the handout and links to Indymedia reports for the guided walk retracing the Reform Riots.
We will repeat the walk on the 20th May 2011, but you can always do the audiotour in your own time, either by downloading the handout and MP3 files or using the fancy smartphone app.
See also the Broadsheet sold after the executions which followed the riots and Staveley & Wood’s map of Nottingham on the eve of the Reform Riots.
Nottingham’s Great Cheese Riot of 1766
In 1766 a Food Riot broke out during Goose Fair. Large cheeses were rolled down Wheeler Gate and Peck Lane, bowling over the mayor.
This pamphlet (pdf) looks into the story behind the tale and puts Nottingham’s Great Cheese Riot in context with the wave of Food Riots in autumn 1766.
Spanish Civil War
After Notts County Council made every effort to rewrite history by desecrating the Spanish Civil War memorial several events were organised by a number of groups, including Notts TUC and Nottingham AF.
The TUC organised a well attended rededication event, the AF an event at The Sparrows’ Nest and we a screening of Land and Freedom.
See also our leaflet, published in cooperation with The Sparrows’ Nest collective, and these documents which were provided by the TUC, a letter by Eric Whalley, who died in Spain and documents regarding Nottingham Co-Op’s assistance to the anti-fascists in Spain.
The fight against the Poll Tax
2010 began with a commemoration of the successful fight against the Poll Tax. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the storming of a council meeting and the custard-pieing of councillors, people were invited to an evening of reunion, reminiscence and discussion (see also this
Indymedia report).
See this extensive collection of newspaper cuttings, leaflets, pamphlets etc. about the local fight against the Poll Tax.
We also published this glossy brochure to remember the pied meeting:
Miscellanious
See this Indymedia feature on Nottingham and Slavery – A Hidden History (March 2007).
In 2009 there was the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Feargus O’Connor’s statue in the Arboretum (August 2009). See also this article debating the event referring to a number of newspaper reports.
For May Day 2011 we looked how local mainstream papers reported on four May Days in the 20th century.
