On April 1st 1914 teachers Tom and Annie Higdon were dismissed from their posts in the rural village of Burston, Norfolk and with it began the ‘longest strike in history’. On that day the children marched around the village with cards hanging from their necks demanding that “We Want Our Teachers Back”. Source official website
On the first Sunday in September each year people come together to honour their memory, and celebrate the values of the trade union movement.