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22 Mar 04 - 04:38 AM (#1142700) Subject: BS: William Wilberforce From: Dave Hanson The anti slavery campaigner William Wilberforce, who came from Hull, has just been named as the greatest Yorkshireman of all time. He got slavery banned throughout the British Empire. I wish he would come back and get it banned in West Yorkshire. eric |
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22 Mar 04 - 04:39 AM (#1142703) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Ben Dover West where? Isn't that bit of the country called Lancashire? |
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22 Mar 04 - 04:43 AM (#1142705) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: s6k And orchard park |
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22 Mar 04 - 05:05 AM (#1142716) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Sttaw Legend If you walk down Holderness Road in a westerly direction, turn left towards Drypool Bridge, and then turn first left when over the bridge, you will see Willys' house on the left. |
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22 Mar 04 - 05:43 AM (#1142737) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: The Shambles He was considered - for his long, letter-wringing campaign to get Parliament to abolish slavery - to be a bore. We badly need more bores like William Wilberforce, and not just in Yorkshire. I wonder who would win the prize of the most boring Yorkshireman of all time? |
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22 Mar 04 - 05:45 AM (#1142738) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: The Shambles Letter-wringing? |
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22 Mar 04 - 05:49 AM (#1142742) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Ben Dover Geoff Boycott |
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22 Mar 04 - 05:59 AM (#1142750) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: fat B****rd I went to Willy's house with Reynolds Street School. |
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22 Mar 04 - 06:02 AM (#1142754) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: el ted What? How did you get the school in? willys house must have bloody big doors. |
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22 Mar 04 - 06:27 AM (#1142769) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Dave Hanson Must be like the Tardis. eric |
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22 Mar 04 - 02:55 PM (#1143173) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Peace England officially got out of the slave trade in 1807. |
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22 Mar 04 - 06:07 PM (#1143298) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Les from Hull It took us a bit longer to free the slaves, though. You can visit Wilberforce House in High Street (birthplace of William Wilberforce and an excellent museum celebrating Slavery Abolition) for nowt. |
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23 Mar 04 - 02:13 AM (#1143549) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Red and White Rabbit Actually for all he helped in abolishing the slave trade abroad old Wille Wilberforce wasnt averse to keeping his employees working in poor conditions and for slave wages over here! I spent the early years of my life playing in his house as my mum worked at the museum there it is a bit like a tardis lots of bits the public dont see |
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23 Mar 04 - 05:47 AM (#1143631) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: The Shambles Slavery, poverty and culture |
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23 Mar 04 - 06:08 PM (#1144281) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Les from Hull RaWR - Your mum must be really old. Wilberforce died about 1823. I think you must be referring to the noted parsimoniousness of Hull City Council. I've had some of that. |
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24 Mar 04 - 05:02 AM (#1144611) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Dave Bryant Wilberforce used to visit William Pitt who had a house at Keston, near Bromley, Kent. They had many conversations under a nearby oak tree which is still referred to as The Wilberforce Oak. |
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24 Mar 04 - 02:56 PM (#1145079) Subject: RE: BS: William Wilberforce From: Red and White Rabbit Honest Les - I am sure my mum really is that old!!!! |