The University of Central Lancashire History team will host the evening, which will examine the Preston lock-out of 1853-54 – one of the most significant industrial struggles of the 19th century.
The lock-out was inspiration for Charles Dickens’ Hard Times and Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South, with many others influenced by the workers’ actions and the famous cry of ‘ten per cent and no surrender’.The anniversary event will feature a series of short talks focussed on new research to be published in a special edition of Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
Greg and Tom researched and presented the songs and ballads of Preston to produce the Old Lamb and Flag Concert for the 1992 Guild. They later did 10% and No Surrender for the Harris in 2011, and Teetotal Song in 2013.