CHARTIST CELEBRATIONS 2009-10
 170th Anniversary Year - South Wales Rising 1839
Saturday April 18th
Merthyr Tudful Chartist Festival
LATEST: See the final programme details here - Venue: Market Square Church,
Merthyr Tudful 9.30am –
4.30pm
- Street Theatre (Chance Encounters Theatre) in Lower High
Street
- Inside the Hall: Lecture - Joe England Merthyr Chartism
- 'Characters from the Chartist era' answering your
questions
- Historians debating the ‘Chartist Story’
- A multi-media show by UAct2 Theatre Company in 2 parts:
- Sounds like Chartism – music, poetry, dance, story
telling
- The Legacy – and into the future -
film, vox pop, workshop - a Charter for
today
Saturday May 16th
Llanidloes: Revisiting Chartism in Wales
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Venue: Llanidloes Community Centre, Mount Lane, Llanidloes
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Conference organised by LLAFUR – The Welsh People’s History Society
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Speakers: Prof. Malcolm Chase, Prof. Owen Ashton, Joe England
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Saturday August 15th
Merthyr Tudful Anniversary Chartist Parade
Celebration of the August Sunday 170 years ago
when the Chartists of Merthyr paraded peacefully to St. Tudful’s Church
in support of the right of all men to vote
- Venue: Café Quarter, Lower High Street
Hirwaun: ‘Chartism in the Cynon Valley’
- Venue: YMCA Hirwaun
- Day School organised by WEA:
- John Humphries (Author) Jack the Fifer - the finger on the Chartist trigger
- Huw Williams (Chair South Wales WEA) Hirwaun and the 1831 Rising
- Les James (SWCHIR) Aberdare Chartists – a forgotten history?
Saturday October 3rd Gwent Local History Chartist Day School
Wednesday October 14th
Merthyr Tudful Annual Chartist Lecture
- Venue: Dowlais Library 7.30pm
- Speaker: Prof. Owen Ashton (University of Staffordshire), 'W.E. Adams: Chartism and Republicanism'
Saturday October 31st
Newport: 'The Chartist Convention'
- Venue: St. Mary’s Institute, Stow Hill
- Keynote Speaker: Prof. Chris Williams (Swansea University)
- A full day of activities is being planned, including a family history session with people talking about their ‘Chartist Ancestors’
- To become involved contact: pat.drewett[at]ntlworld.com tel: 01633 677783
Sunday November 1st
‘Chartist Valleys’ Coach Tour
- Starting 09.30 am at St. Woolos Cathedral, Newport
- this is a full day’s exploration of the ‘Black Domain’ of the Chartists and the valley routes taken by the 1839 marchers to Newport.
- Expert guides on board.
Wednesday November 4th
‘Remembering the Chartist Dead’
- 6.30pm: The annual gathering will take place at the memorial stone in St. Woolos Cathedral graveyard.
- to remember the more than twenty men who died 170 years ago at the Westgate hotel on this date in 1839.
Wednesday November 4th
Chartist Concert
- Venue: Salem Chapel and Chartist Centre, Blaina
- Ebbw Vale Male Voice Choir
- Contact: Steve Bartlett 01495 292817
Friday November 6th
Blaina & Nantyglo Annual Chartist Lecture & Meal
- Venue: Nantyglo Rugby Club
- Lecturer TBA
- Contact: Steve Bartlett 01495 292817
Saturday January 16th
Monmouth: ‘The Trials of the Chartists’
- In Shire Hall, on this date in 1840, the death sentence was pronounced by the Lord Chief Justice on the Chartist leaders.
- Monmouth Museum, in association with Monmouth Field & History Society, is staging a day of anniversary talks, walks and other activities.
- For details: andrewhelme[at]monmouthshire.gov.uk tel: 01600 710630
This Calendar of Chartist Celebrations for 2009-10 is being promoted by HERIAN (Heritage in Action) and the Bevan Foundation with Merthyr Chartist Forum, Voluntary Action Merthyr Tudful, Dic Penderyn Society, Accent Newport Trust, Newport Museum & Art Gallery, Gwent Record Office, Gwent Local History Council, Newport Community Learning and Libraries, SWCHIR at University of Wales, Newport.
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