The Future in our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026 Oddfellows Meeting House, Whiting Street, BSE

Schedule

Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Edmundsbury Oddfellows | Bury St Edmunds, EN

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Very lucky to get Callum Cant and Matthew Lee to visit Bury St Edmunds to commemorate and learn from the 100 year anniversary of the General Strike. They are discussing their book.
The Future in our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026
Friday 22 May 19:30 Oddfellows Meeting House, Whiting Street, Bury St Edmunds
Arthur Cook, General Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, speaking in Trafalgar Square, 1926 – Courtesy London Metropolitan University and the TUC archive
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St Edmundsbury Oddfellows, Oddfellows Hall, 85 Whiting Street,Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom

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