TIMETABLE
ROBERT TRESSELL FESTIVAL, 8th & 9th July 2006
Saturday, 8th July, and Sunday, 9th July, 2006 at the Concordia Hall, Church Road, St Leonards-on-Sea. Nearest BR station St Leonards, Warrior Square. click here for map
Saturday, 8 th July
10.30 Festival opens. Light refreshments available all day.
11.00 The development of St Leonards. Local history talk by Brion Purdey.
12.00 Talk by Charles Callan, Irish writer and historian, President of the Irish History Society
2.30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER, MARK SERWOTKA, GENERAL SECRETARY, PCS
4.00 Billy Hayes, General Secretary, CWU
A discussion on the re-forming of a local Trades Council will follow
5 - 6 Bernard McGinley will talk about Grant Richards and the Tressell manuscript
Other speakers to be announced
Saturday evening : 6-9pm Light supper and SOCIALIST QUIZ. Licensed bar.
Festival opened by Hastings' MP, Michael Foster and Leader of the Borough Council's Labour Group, Jeremy Birch
Charles Callan, Irish writer and historian, President of the Irish History Society, is introduced by Ron Bill
Mark Serwotka, General Secretary, PCS, Michael Foster, Hastings' MP and Billy Hayes, General Secretary, CWU
Bernard McGinley talks about Grant Richards and the Tressell manuscript
Nick Hempleman from the Co-operative Group (South East) talks about the Co-op and fair trade
Some of those attending
Su Farley-Green
Sunday, 9 th July
9.30 Re-enactment of SDF rally on Hastings Beach, opp. Cosmo. Dress up in period costume and be prepared to heckle.
10.45 Festival opened by Nick Hempleman from the Co-operative Group (South East) . Light refreshments available all day.
11.00 The history of banners and banner making, by Ed Hall. There will also be the chance to make a banner to mark the centenary of the beginning of Tressell's work on ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' There will also be a display of Banners, Trade Union, marching, friendly society etc. - BRING YOUR OWN BANNERS! (but let us know first so that we can make sure there's space to display)
2.30 The famous Tressell Walk, with Dr Trevor Hopper, University of Sussex
MEET AT DEBENHAMS, ROBERTSON STREET, HASTINGS
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND A SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF PART OF THE FRED BALL ARCHIVE AND OTHER TRESSELL DOCUMENTS WILL BE ON SHOW, TOGETHER WITH VIDEOS, TAPES ETC OF PROGRAMMES AND FILMS MADE ABOUT TRESSELL AND HIS WORK
9.30 Re-enactment of SDF rally on Hastings Beach, opp. Cosmo. Dress up in period costume and be prepared to heckle.
11.00 The history of banners and banner making, by Ed Hall. There will also be the chance to make a banner to mark the centenary of the beginning of Tressell's work on ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' There will also be a display of Banners, Trade Union, marching, friendly society etc. - BRING YOUR OWN BANNERS! (but let us know first so that we can make sure there's space to display)
John Nettleton being introduced by Neil Bates. The SDF banner was made by Ed Hall and presented to the Tressell Centre
The Robert Tressell Festival is sponsored by The Co-Operative Group South East and the Senlac Guest House, Cambridge Gardens, Hastings. We also gratefully acknowledge the help given by Kevin Boorman at Hastings Council Tourism and Leisure Department. For further information please e-mail: susannah@farley-green.freeserve.co.uk or phone 01424 460735. Somewhere to stay? - Senlac Guest House
More information about Hastings? - Hastings Borough Council
