The Chartist Convention 2017 – Ticket Information
THE 2017 CHARTIST CONVENTION Newport Cathedral, St Woolos Saturday 4th November 1:30 pm – 5pm Doors open at 12
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The Chartists Music night
Enjoy a great night out on Sat 4th Nov with “The Chartists” band playing radical Chartist songs at the Pen
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Our Chartist Heritage Y Siartwyr: Ein Treftadaeth
Inspiring today’s citizens with a passion for justice and truth which roused yesterday’s Chartist and Suffragette reformers. Our Chartist Heritage
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Female Chartists
The Chartist movement welcomed women. The female Chartists in Newport met in the Ship and Pilot pub in Church Street,
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Chartist Timeline
A Timeline depicting key moments in the Chartist movement from The American War of Independence in 1775 to The UK Representation
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1821 Letter from John Frost to Lord Tredegar
1821 Letter from John Frost to Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., also to Rowley Lascelles, William Phillips, and Charles Morgan and
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Report of the Children’s Employment Commission 1842
Children’s Employment Commission (Mines) 1842 Thomas Tooke, T. Southwood Smith, Leonard Horner, Robert J Sanders. The follow conclusions in regard
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Henry Vincent
Henry Vincent, was one of the leaders of the Chartists in South Wales and the West of England. He was
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Children working in Mines
Children Working in Mines National Museum of Wales “…I was frightened for someone had stolen my bread and cheese. I
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Women Chartists
Elizabeth Pease Elizabeth Pease, the daughter of Joseph Pease and Elizabeth Beaumont, was born in 1807. In her early twenties, Elizabeth Pease
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Celebrate the Chartists
VIDEO: A short Film created to show events staged in Newport to remember the Chartists, their values and the effect
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Inspiring Chartist Art
Examples of artwork inspired by the passion of the 1839 South Wales Chartists. If you have any art work you
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City of Democracy
Newport: City of Democracy The tragic events in Newport on 4th November 1839 were arguably the most memorable and symbolic
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