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The Sparrows’ Nest, a centre for anarchist culture and education contains one of the most significant historical archives of anarchist materials in Britain as well as a large and rapidly growing local studies section.

Find out what’s going on, publish your news, publicise events and find other groups and websites on Notts Indymedia.

Local history groups

Nottingham Women’s History Group have been very active in e.g. organising fascinating talks and a number of guided walks.

The Notts Local History Society has an extensive list of general local history groups, but some groups (not all in that list) seem particularly relevant:

• Nottinghamshire NUM Ex & Retired Miners Association
• Nottingham Irish Studies Group
• Notts Rainbow Heritage Project
• Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Labour History Society
• Thoroton Society and their Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway

Ressources

Find fascinating documents in the Nottinghamshire Archives.
In the Local Studies Library you can find plentiful and easy to use sources, e.g. an extensive newspaper archive dating back to the 18th century.
Picture the Past is a vast database of images of places, people, events etc.

Elsewhere

Bristol Radical History Group
Radical History Network of North London
Leicester Oral History Archive
Past Tense – a publishing project based in South London, exploring London radical history.
The Women’s Library is a cultural centre in London housing the most extensive collection of women’s history in the UK.
Working Class Movement Library – based in Salford.
Chelmsford Trades Union Council have a fascinating history section on their site.