No matter where you are in the world please join us via Zoom on Saturday 10th February 2024 at 11am GMT for our latest #engleseabrook Heritage Talk.

Born in extreme poverty in Norfolk, George Edwards (1850-1933) was an untiring activist on behalf of the rural poor for six decades. He re-founded the farm workers’ union in 1906, was elected as an MP and was the first farmworker to be knighted. All his efforts were underpinned by his Primitive Methodist faith.

Nick Mansfield is Professor of History at UCLan in Preston. He spent 30 years working in museums, including 21 as Director of the People’s History Museum in Manchester. He first encountered George Edwards when working at the Norfolk Rural Life Museum in the early 1980s.

This event is free. Everyone is welcome. The Zoom details are:

https://zoom.us/j/95915826156?pwd=M3E0TytmT1hxdWllTFlpZEd3ZmplUT09

Meeting ID: 959 1582 6156
Passcode: 364465