The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23556   Message #4037237
Posted By: Herga Kitty
03-Mar-20 - 04:46 AM
Thread Name: 'Tolpuddle Man' Information
Subject: RE: 'Tolpuddle Man' Information
Further to wes.w's post of 13 June 2001, Sophie was asked to revive "To Win the Day" to mark the 150th anniversary of the TUC last year. Derek and I had the great privilege, along with Sophie, Lucy Findlay, Rod and Mary Harrington, Bob Axford and Martin Stephen, of performing it in the Dorchester Shire Hall, in the very courtroom where the six men were tried and sentenced to transportation. We managed another 3 performances in 2019 and are hoping to perform in the Methodist Chapel in Tolpuddle where the Lovelesses and their families worshipped, once the restoration of the chapel is completed, but at the moment our next scheduled performances are 2nd October at Chettle House in North Dorset and 24th October in Chaffcombe Village Hall in Somerset.

Kitty