2020 saw the bi-centenary of the 1820 Radical Risings in Scotland - a series of demonstrations by working people against poor wages, high taxes on essential food items, and lack of political franchise.
Although limited in time and space, some regard it as a watershed moment in British history, yet it’s barely known in Scotland let alone anywhere else.
During 2019, members of Glasgow West-End, Paisley & District, Falkirk, and Perth U3As worked on a project researching these events. We had planned to hold a free public event in April 2020 to showcase our findings but, due to the pandemic, were unable to do so.
We had put the outcomes of our research on this webpage. However, in November 2022, the IT system supporting u3a websites across the UK crashed. Although some material was recovered, the content of most links (other than videos or podcasts) was lost. All that remains is a list of the links. These, at least, should give you a sense of the range of work we undertook. If you would like to know more about a particular topic on this list, please contact us via the pigeon on the main page and we will try to locate the material that sat within the relevant link.
(the 1825 panoramic landscape of Paisley is by J H Clark, courtesy of the British Museum under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license).
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