Tolpuddle Martyrs` Festival

Tolpuddle
Martyrs’
Festival
17-19 July 2015
Old
court
The Old Crown
Court on the
High Street
in Dorchester
where the
Martyrs were
tried and
sentenced, will
be open on
Saturday
10am-4pm and
Sunday
10am-1pm.
Learn more
about the
plans to create
a major new
centre for
social history.
Tolpuddle Martyrs’
On 24th February 1834, six farm
labourers from Tolpuddle were
arrested on a charge of administering
an illegal oath. The real offence was
daring to form a trade union to defend
their livelihoods. For this they were
sentenced to seven years’ transportation
to the penal colonies of Australia. The
sentences provoked an immense outcry,
leading to the first great mass trade
union protest. The campaign won free
pardons and the Martyrs returned home.
It was an historic episode in the struggle
for trade union rights in Britain and
around the world.
Let the village tell the story
Visit the places where the dramatic
events of the story took place. There
will be a new audio-visual trail
available. See www.tolpuddlemartyrs.
org.uk Maxine Peake’s narration will
guide you through the village.
Tony Gould will
also lead guided
walks through
the village to
see where the
Martyrs lived,
worshipped and
organised. Meet
at the sculpture in front of the cottage at 11am and 2pm on
Saturday. Donations to the Village Hall.
Martyrs’
Museum
12 1
Toilets
Former
Vicarage
2
11
Church
James
Hammett
grave
River Piddle
3
10Village
Hall
Martyrs’
Tree
TOLPUDDLE
The
Martyrs
Inn
4
9
Martyrs’
Cottage Old
Chapel
56
Orchard
Meadow
7
water meadows
8
Methodist
Chapel
and arch
River Piddle
Starting at 11am Thursday 16th to
Saturday 18th July, the Tolpuddle
History School has become a popular
supplement to the Festival.
From Tolpuddle to Red May Days
and beyond Prof Chris Wrigley
Mobile cinema- dissent in
distribution Reuben Irving
The life of Angela Gradwell Tuckett
1906-1994
Rosie McGregor
Disobedient Objects Gavin Grindon
Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition
Political or cultural revolution:
Which comes first? Chris Jury
Gardener’s Boy Music: Black
rebellion and racial memory in the
history of ska Dave Chapple
Village walk Tony Gould
The Practical Prince: Alex Gossip
and the Socialist Fairy Tale
Dr John Callow
Shire Hall visit Martin Cooke
Musicians as workers:120 years of
the Musicians’ Union
Prof Martin Cloonan
The BBC: a contrary institution.
Reporting and being radical in the
eighties Prof Jean Seaton The 60s
protest movement in Britain Les
Kennedy
Down with the baby starver
government: movements of the
unemployed and the culture of
protest in interwar Britain
Dr Stephanie Ward
Open to all: information,
costs and booking
www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
Tin Village
Prepare and
cook your own
delicious organic
pizzas using the
hand-built clay
oven.
the hilarious to
breathtakingly
dangerous stunts.
Card Born
Castles, turrets,
moats, knights and
legendary sword
fights. Musician
and artist Jonny
Nicholds creates
a medieval castle drama and lots of
for an interactive fun.
child-led musical Drum Circle
adventure.
Drumming and
Wally
Story Telling percussion to
Gentle clowning Storyteller Mark inspire learning.
techniques, mime, Fraser presents
Join the drum
and circus skills
original tales with circle and find
moves from
your rhythm.
masks, puppets,
Face
Painting
Woodies
The Woodcraft Folk
offer their unique
and spontaneous
range of activities.
SwapShop
National
BearCat Collective Union of
invites you to
Kids
take something
Solidarity should
you want, leave
start young.
something you
don’t.
See web site and boards at the
Festival for timings and full details.
Democracy in the making – unfinshed business?
The banner used on the
cover was created by
Jason Wilsher-Mills, a
UK-based disabled digital
artist using his iPad. It is
one of eighteen banners
hanging in Westminster
Hall in the Houses of
Parliament to chart
the UK’s 800-year-old
constitutional history
since the Magna Carta.
As well as the Tolpuddle
Martrys, the exhibition,
The Beginnings of that
Freedome, celebrates the
Chartists, Suffragettes,
the Levellers, Race
Relations Act, and the
Poor Law.
The exhibition runs
to November, more
information on:
www.parliament.uk/2015
Democracy Debates
Saturday 18th July 1-5pm
Cottage Garden Tent
Votes at 16? Compulsory voting?
DEBATE
How to engage the next generation
How do young people protest today?
Organised with Parliament, South West Youth
Parliament and TUC Young Members’ Forum.
photo Oliver Webb
photo Karen Hatch
i
K ds
A weekend programme of
films in a mobile vintage
cinema:
The Square w No
w The Revolution will not
be televised w It happened
here w The Spirit of ‘45 w plus short films, screenings and award
ceremony for the Small Axe international radical film festival. See
www.tolpuddleradicalfilm.g.uk for details.
Friday 17th July
Tolpuddle
treat
Saturday
18th July
7pm
get into the
festival mood
with some
great afternoon
music.
speakup
The Hurriers
7.45pm
7pm
poetry
open mic
from 12.00
stallholders
get their
say 12.30
openmic
8.35pm
Big John Reed
runs tolpuddle
talent from 1pm
9.25pm
and the Hoodrats
Curtis Ellers
American Circus
10.30pm
FRINGE MEETING 7pm Village Hall
STALLS
A vibrant mix of voluntary, charity,
trade union and political stalls inside
and outside the Martyrs’ Marquee.
For more information on applying
for a space see:
www.tolpuddlemartys.org.uk
TALKING
in tents
Saturday 18th July
After the General Election there will be plenty
to discuss and debate. There will be a packed
programme in the
Martyrs’ Marquee
the Fringe Tent
8pm
union stalls and a new marquee in the cottage
gardens. See web site and boards at the
Festival for timings and full details.
Sharp political humour set to music.
Recent tours include Stop UKIP and
Rock the Vote.
9pm
5pm Unite
Dana Immanuel and
the Stolen Band
Skimmity Hitchers
tolpuddle
unplugged
7pm
Stick on the
Wheel
Dana and her all-girl Stolen Band, have
been getting feet stomping with folk,
blues, Americana and rock.
10.30pm
Steve White
leads an acoustic
free-for-all in the
Fringe tent
7.00-10.00
The music of people, in their own
accents, from their kitchens and
living rooms. fRoots 2014 Editor’s
Album of the year.
Traditional Irish tunes dosed with punk.
Neck drag any crowd into the party
with their infectious reels, powerful
riffs and fantastic lyrics.
Sunday 19th July
Tatty
Smart
MC
Alex
Yeandle
11am
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Village Hall
Coffee, cakes, salad lunches
and cream teas provided by
villagers. 10-4.30
check out book signings
wreath
laying 1.15
Various Guises 12.30pm
the darwins 3.15pm
Victorian
Barbers 1.15pm
Bemis 4.15pm
Chapel Service
5pm
Sunday 19th July
11am
11.50am
Robb
Johnson
Justin Curry and Phil Simmonds
MC from 10.45
SPEAKERS
Procession
2pm
1pm
photos Jess Hurd
12.30 including:
Seth
Lakeman
SPEAKERS
Leslie
Manasseh
TUC President
Steve
Turner
Unite Assistant
General Secretary
3.45pm
3.15pm including:
David
Wrighton
Methodist Minister
Frances
O'Grady
4.45pm
TUC General Secretary
More speakers to be confirmed
nearer the day. Check out the
web site for details
Nigel
Costley
South West TUC
Regional Secretary
Tolpuddle Martyrs
Dorset Equity will bring them alive
Angela
Eagle MP
Billy Bragg
Passes and prices How to get to Tolpuddle
Friday 17th and Saturday 18th July
Adult: £30 Children aged 5-15: £5
under-5s: free
Friday day-pass
Adult: £10 Children aged 5-15: £5
under-5s: free
Saturday day-pass
Adult: £15 Children aged 5-15: £5
under-5s: free
Camping
Each tent will need a tag costing: £15
Camper vans: £30
No cars in the camping area.
£5 camping parking. No caravans.
Space is tight with no marked pitches.
No event shelters.
To camp in groups please arrive
together.
Hot showers and posh loos.
CPAP users: contact the TUC to
arrange a pitch.
Sunday Rally Day 19th July
Free admission
Parking on top field: donations
Buy On-line
www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
cheques payable to TUC.
Follow signs from the A35 Damory run public buses
to the car parks. On Sunday from Dorchester South
please enter from the east. Station on Fridays: 13.10,
15.55 and 17.45
Parking charges: £5 on
(check times closer to the date)
camping field. Donations
for Sunday top field
Tolpuddle Festival shuttle
parking. Coaches drop off from Dorchester South
and park to the east of the Station on Friday 19.45
village. Log your coach
and Sunday 11.35 returning
with southwest@tuc.org.uk from Tolpuddle 17.30 and
18.30. £3 each way.
Take the train to Dorchester
DT2 7EH
tDORCHESTER
BOURNEMOUTHu
South West TUC, Church House, Church Road,
Filton, Bristol BS34 7BD
0117 947 0521
southwest@tuc.org.uk
www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
@tolpuddlefest @swtuc