Mo Kelly describes her personal transformation and gradual politicisation through her faith-inspired engagement with justice and peace issues, starting with a talk about nuclear power. As someone who has grown up and lived all her...
This man, who lived in Lancaster from the early 1970s, looks back on his involvement in various local gay groups and reflects on the distinct energy of gay activism in Lancaster at that time....
Avril describes how ‘Half-Life’ raised public awareness of nuclear issues, pressuring the nuclear industry to be less secretive and forcing a public enquiry into the 1957 nuclear disaster at Windscale (now Sellafield) in Cumbria....
Bob Rowley from Lancaster describes his involvement in the General Strike as a clerk on the railways. In the second half of the interview he describes his work as a proof reader and copyrighter on...
Zephyrine describes her involvement in political activism, starting with Quaker-inspired activism which focussed on local, national and international campaigns, then later women’s activism, peace activism, and most recently her involvement with OCCUPY. ...
Matthew Wilson describes his involvement in the protest at Lancaster University and the trial of what became known as the ‘George Fox 6.’ He describes how the establishment and the state continue to repress political...
David describes here how as a young man he was motivated by Section 28 to get involved in politics, travelling down to from Lancaster to Manchester by coach with others from his group to take...
Ruth was involved in running the PYRO (Proud Youth r Out) LGBT youth group in Lancaster in the late 1990s. Here she discusses why she feels there is still a need for groups like this...
A whistle-stop tour of some of Lancaster’s gay social meeting places over the years by Lizzy Hare....