Dorset’s reform riots of 1831, although not as devastating as those in Bristol, provide some fascinating case studies. Recent research by Dr Roger Ball of Bristol Radical History Group has yielded new information and will probably lead to a pamphlet so keep an eye out, or book one of his talks.
Buy the book ‘Clarence Austin the Photographer and the Bridport Wildcat Women’ By Carlos Guarita
Friendly Societies Against The Big Society By Carlos Guarita
Print version (as A5 booklet) Available from Wessex Solidarity.
Tolpuddle and Swing: The Flea and the Elephant – By Roger Ball.
We Come For Our Own And We Shall Have It: Smuggling In Poole And Dorset By Kevin Davis
The Battle of Mudeford (Christchurch, then part of Hampshire)
Anarchy in the Sticks! 