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Radical History Stall at The View

It was the Radical History Stall at The View Hotel Eastbourne over the weekend (22/23rd November)…

How Eastbourne Got it’s Engels Plaque

This story starts in 1975, before the 1989 fall of the Berlin wall (of course), at the London…

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JACK JONES, THE EASTBOURNE CENTRE & THE MURAL

Jack Jones holds significant historical and cultural ties to Eastbourne, particularly through his…

Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)

Who was Friedrich Engels? Among other things, Friedrich Engels was one of the most remarkable…

Eleanor Marx (1855-1898)

What is the connection between Eastbourne and Eleanor Marx (the youngest daughter of Karl Marx)?…

Places

Engels and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – Eastbourne’s Radical History Tour

If you have just alighted the train to begin this walk, then welcome to Eastbourne. This town was…

The Mackintosh Rebellion -1929

It was a long hot summer in 1929 and there was a late heatwave. The 1920s saw the seaside opening up…

Eastbourne International Workers’ Mural

See also:- 1) an article on Engels in Eastbourne website, Brighton University: “The…
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