Historian and geographer, writer and researcher
In 1897, Robert Sherard published a collection of his Pearson's Magazine articles documenting the exploitation and suffering of the working men and women of Britain in some of the 'sweated' trades - he visited chemical works in Widnes, white-lead works in Newcastle, nailmakers in Bromsgrove, chainmakers in Cradley Heath, and more. The title, The White Slaves of England, has …
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Just a quick one to say a massive thank you to everyone that came out on a bright - but chilly - Saturday to have a walk around one of the less glamorous parts of Wolverhampton this weekend. Thanks too to Wolverhampton Art Gallery for organising it. I had a fantastic time wandering around the remains …
No Black Country history this week I'm afraid, more like a sideline that I've been exploring... #storypast I'm currently making notes for my first ever paper at an academic conference, in just under four weeks time. It's not a full, 20-minute affair, but a 5 minute conversation-starter for a somewhat unusual panel at the Social History …
Over the summer, my time has mostly been taken up preparing for a talk I was asked to give at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on my research. (I say most of my time - note to my supervisor, I've been at the Archives nearly every day they open, it's just that the heaps of council minutes …
