Bristol Radical History Group
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Website: http://www.brh.org.uk/site/

Purpose: Bristol Radical History Group was formed in 2006 after the cricket and football teams we were playing for got sick of us going on about the book The Many Headed Hydra and its connections to Bristol. This book inspired us to look into our local history and its connections with the revolutionary Atlantic. We organised the first Bristol Radical History Week in Oct/Nov 2006 with the following aims:

To open up some of the #hidden# history of Bristol and the West Country to public scrutiny and challenge some commonly held ideas about historical events.
To approach this history from #below# by examining the actions and perspectives of those involved rather than the views of the contemporary establishment histories.
To recognise that the history of Bristol is inexorably linked to that of the Atlantic and former British colonies through its seafaring and trading activities.
To engage academics, local historians and the general public (including children) in the process through lectures, public debates, films and other events.

Structure: Non-Profit





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