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© Leslie Garland Pictures
Photographer: | Leslie Garland | |||
Collection: | Dorset | |||
Filename: | 17001.01.06 |
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Upload Date: | 2007-06-27 09:15:07 | |||
Photo Size: | 3.4mb 3668x4756 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Tourist information board with old Shelter beyond, the village green,Tolpuddle, Dorset, England, UK. The village is famous for the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were sentenced to transportation in 1834 for forming an illegal union, an event which is now regarded as the start of the trades union movement. |
Keywords: | English agricultural workers pioneers start of illegal transportation rights cause fight strike history historic 1834 event socialism social the left Trades Union movement traditional thatched straw roof wooden timber structure building tourism lgpl |