WisbechRadicals

We are a group of people interested in the radical side of Wisbech! Historical figures born here: #OctaviaHill #ThomasClarkson #WilliamGodwin

[Peter Cox @CardinalPeteCox]

Due, in part, to the appointment of elderly anarchist William Godwin (born in Wisbech) to the job of checking the fire buckets were in order...

[Townsend Productions @townsendprod]

This week (Sat) Neil will be @The Rosmini Centre Wisbech with TheRaggedTrouseredPhilanthropists. Not many tickets left so book now to avoid disappointment. On 10th December @thegrovehall South Kirkby near Wakefield. More dates in the Spring see https://t.co/HnwVsTfk8M.I'm

[Dotty McLeod @dottymcl]

@TheFerociousDo1 @borofergie @BBCCambs @dlandoncole A castle and a confident pug... Hard to beat, to be fair.

[Hilary Cox Condron @HilCoxCondron]

Thomas Clarkson co-founded The Society for The Promotion of Permanent & Universal #Peace in 1816, inspiring Pricilla Peckover to found The #Wisbech Peace Association.

I designed this as part of a @wisbechmuseum @TCAwisbech @BabylonArtsEly project.

What would YOU campaign for?

[WisbechRadicals @WisbechRadicals]

We haz planz :) #WisbechHour

[Liz Hide @TheMuseumOfLiz]

BIrdwatching on a Cosmic Scale: Here's Dan Field @fieldpalaeo kicking off his #CamFest talk by highlighting the Great Shearwater, seen in Wisbech #Cambs for the first time only *yesterday*.
Also first sighting of world's longest bamboo pointer

[Hilary Cox Condron @HilCoxCondron]

@borofergie @redbarnmaker 🥰♥️ - the ‘colouring in’ day job . Were your ears burning @borofergie ?… talking st Neots, connections and creativity with @redbarnmaker #radicalwisbech

[Lorena Hodgson @redbarnmaker]

#RepairCafe #ConnectingWisbech @EtceteraHub @WisbechRadicals

[Hilary Cox Condron @HilCoxCondron]

@redbarnmaker @Alun10179392 @NikJohnsonCA @johnelworthy @suckling_carl ♥️ Glad to hear the wonderful history of radical thought, peaceful action and creativity is still alive and well in Wisbech ♥️ #radicalWisbech

[WisbechRadicals @WisbechRadicals]

https://t.co/YQTFvvjGgH from @waterloo200org a great resource, includes Wisbech's own Thomas Clarkson and William Godwin's daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft. #WisbechRadicals

[The Agency of Wonder @AgencyOfWonder]

On this day in 1756...
William Godwin, activist, anarchist, writer, and father of Mary Shelley, was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the seventh of thirteen children.
Godwin’s novel, Caleb Williams (1794) has been called the world’s first thriller. >>

[Jason Glidden Turner 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇲 @JasonTurner1966]

Google "Thomas Clarkson," a Abolitionist from my hometown Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in England. He basically lead & succeeded in Abolishing the Slave Trade throughout the then British Empire. #ThomasCarkson #FrederickDouglass #abolishonist @wisbechmuseum @FreedomCenter #Slavery

[English Radical History @EnglishRadical]

John Freeman, British Army officer and Labour MP, was born #OnThisDay 1915. After serving as a Desert Rat in North Africa, Freeman won the seat of Watford for Labour in 1945. His maiden speech, about the rebuilding of postwar Britain, moved Winston Churchill to tears.

[WisbechRadicals @WisbechRadicals]

https://t.co/YQTFvvjGgH from @waterloo200org a great resource, includes Wisbech's own Thomas Clarkson and William Godwin's daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft. #WisbechRadicals

[WisbechRadicals @WisbechRadicals]

@luxewisbech :)

[Peregrine Pocock @CeddChad]

@MunicipalDreams I went on holiday to Wisbech a few years back and remember there being an old still working brewery and decent pub along that street. There was also a niche cinema there where you could order drinks during the movie and there was an intermission!

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

Free resources on How to Fight Inequality

Forbes interview https://t.co/QSJmHcMoCq

OECD article https://t.co/kxTEt23RvJ

Futures Framed TV interview https://t.co/W1GFw6B1Pu

Hasanah Forum Keynote Lecture https://t.co/5eSj1cj74b

The first bit of the book https://t.co/TmG0YQ7Lwi

[The Past @read_the_past]

Cutting-edge analysis of 18th-century West African textiles collected by the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson has shed vivid light on their manufacture, make-up, and where they may have been made. @CurrentArchaeo takes a look at what has been revealed so far:
https://t.co/xs0OXE5Xif

[WisbechRadicals @WisbechRadicals]

#WorldBookNight was postponed and is now supporting #LibrariesWeek We were pleased to receive a set of books to giveaway! https://t.co/91852ilEeD