Sunday, 7 June 2009

BANNERS. HISTORY. REFRENCE. (P.3)

BBC WEBSITE - HISTORY

BANNERS OF THE BRITISH LABOUR MOVEMENT BY DR MYNA TRUSTRAM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/banners_01.shtml

HISTORY OF BANNERS
UNION BANNERS
SUFFRAGETE BANNERS

BOOKS AND MUSEUMS:

Books

Follow the Banner: An Illustrated Catalogue of the Northumberland Miners' Banners by Hazel Edwards (Ashington, 1997)

Banners of the Durham Coalfield by Norman Emery (Stroud, 1998)

Banner Bright: an Illustrated History of Trade Union Banners by John Gorman (Essex, 1986)

The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907 - 1914 by Lisa Tickner (1989)

Places to visit

Pump House: People's History Museum, Manchester. This houses the galleries of the National Museum of Labour History.

The People's Story Museum, Edinburgh. This museum also has good collections of banners, some of them on display.