Welcome to the SSLH

Founded in 1960, the Society for the Study of Labour History (SSLH) is the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history.

Membership is open to everyone who would like to learn more about labour history and heritage whether on a professional or amateur basis.

The SSLH publishes the journal the Labour History Review, organises regular conferences and actively promotes the preservation of historical resources connected to the labour movement.

What’s new

Labour history news

Ex-national servicemen: oral history interview data available now

An important social history resource, based on extensive oral history interviews with former national servicemen, is now available through the Data Archive Service. Professor Peter Gurney has deposited a significant catalogue of life story transcripts with the Data Archive Service, University of Essex. Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the oral history interviews with (mainly working-class)… Continue reading Ex-national servicemen: oral history interview data available now

Notes & queries

Seeking information on the mining explosion at Maypole Colliery, Wigan (1908)

Do you have information on the mining explosion at the Mapole Colliery, in Abram, Wigan in August 1908? Tish Gibbons would like to hear from you. Tish is researching the Irish men killed in the mining explosion at the Maypole Colliery, in Abram, Wigan on the 18 August 1908.  Newspaper coverage at the time suggested… Continue reading Seeking information on the mining explosion at Maypole Colliery, Wigan (1908)

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‘Wor Bella’: Football, working class women and the First World War

The play, ‘Wor Bella’, which details the story of working class women footballers and munitionettes during the First World War, is to tour the North East, including a cameo from former England footballer, and Newcastle-born, Alan Shearer. Written by Ed Waugh and produced by Wisecrack Productions, the team behind Hadaway Harry, Mr Corvan’s Music Hall, The Great Joe Wilson, Wor… Continue reading ‘Wor Bella’: Football, working class women and the First World War

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