Salford’s Working Class Movement Library is delighted to present songs, poems and tales from 100 years of working class struggles from ballad singer Jennifer Reid and Michael Sanders in a fundraiser for the Library, A Hundred in One Hundred Minutes, on Sunday 5 July at 2pm.

The lovely acoustics of the Library hall will show off Jennifer’s pure, strong voice in 19th century ‘broadside ballads’ including Citizen Guillotine, Bury New Loom, Miners’ Lock-Out, Sons of Poverty Assemble and What We’d All Like to See. 

Alongside this will be words from radical heroes like William Cobbett, Friedrich Engels, Thomas Paine, and Samuel Bamford, as well as unsung ‘ordinary’ men and women whose courage played a vital role in countless struggles.

The event will also include the unveiling of a brand new ‘Chartist’ banner created by local textile artist Ed Hall, who has based his banner on descriptions found in the Chartist press.

Admission £10 including refreshments – contact trustees@wcml.org.uk or pay on the door.

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