> As part of the National Heritage Open Days weekend the Working Class
> Movement Library in Salford will be holding two Open Days on Friday 10th
> September and Sunday 12th September 2pm-5pm. The WCML is a unique national
> collection of the history of British and Irish radical and labour
> movements, founded by Ruth and Edmund Frow in the mid 1950s. and now
housed
> in a dedicated building in Salford. It begins with Thomas Paine in the
1790s
> and goes right through to the present day. The collection includes books,
> pamphlets, leaflets, posters, banners, emblems, photographs, cartoons and
> much else that records and celebrates the struggle over two centuries by
> working men and women for social, political and economic justice.
>
> Those attending the Open Days will be given conducted tours of the
> collection, visiting rooms not normally open to the public. There will be
> light refeshments.
>
> The library is located in Jubilee House, 51 Crescent, Salford M5. More
> information: 0161-736-3601. www.wcml.org.uk. email: [log in to unmask]
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