People’s Eastbourne
Making visible Eastbourne’s radical, social, and working-class history.
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Mary Ann Gilbert was born into the wealthy and prominent Gilbert family in 1776. At the age of 6 she…
Paul Robeson, the legendary black American socialist, singer and film star Paul Robeson performed in…
Who was Friedrich Engels? Among other things, Friedrich Engels was one of the most remarkable…
Places
If you have just alighted the train to begin this walk, then welcome to Eastbourne. This town was…
It was a long hot summer in 1929 and there was a late heatwave. The 1920s saw the seaside opening up…
See also:- 1) an article on Engels in Eastbourne website, Brighton University: “The…