Day School: The Anti-War Movement in Wales

Event Location:
The Community Hall, Shelone Road, Briton Ferry, SA11 2NS


Event Date: 10/12/2016
Event Starts: 10/12/16 10:30 am Event Ends: 10/12/16 04:00 pm


  • 10.00 Welcome
  • 10.10 Alun Burge – From Abertillery to the Kremlin Wall: The New Era Union Men’s Sunday School Class and the Impact of the Russian Revolution.
  • 10.40 Philip Adams – A case study of opposition to war and conscription in two Welsh communities during World War One.
  • 11.20 Dinah Jones – Pacifists at War: Remembrance on the Radio.
  • 12.00 2016 Annual General Meeting
  • 12.30 Lunch Break (Tea and coffee will be available, but there will be no lunch provided at this event).
  • 13.15 Aled Eirug – Spies and subversives in Wales during the Great War.
  • 13.55 Cyril Pearce – New Throughts on British War Resisters, 1914-1919.
  • 14.30 Closing Remarks.

This event is FREE to attend and a warm welcome is extended to all.

To book your free place and register please visit our Eventbrite page:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/llafur-day-school-agm-tickets-29543432201

For more information please contact:

Siân Williams, Llafur Secretary, c/o South Wales Miners’ Library, Swansea University, Hendrefeolan Campus, Gower Road, Swansea, SA2 7NB. Tel: 01792 518693 Email: miners@swansea.ac.uk