
The Forgotten Revolutionary Players
Event Information
Description
Many major figures such as James Watt, Matthew Boulton and Josiah Wedgwood dominate the traditional histories of the Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands.
However, they did not work alone; many other men, women and even children, played significant roles in making the region a global centre of ideas, innovation and manufacture, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
This special event will tell some of the stories of these often overshadowed or ignored forgotten revolutionary players.
The Event will take place in the Large Lecture Theatre on Floor 1 of the Arts Building, University of Birmingham B15 2TT.
Parking is free at the University on Saturday and we reccommend guests to park behind the Barber Institute or the multi-storey on Pritchatts Road.
Directions: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/contact/directions/getting-here-edgbaston.aspx
Map: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/university/edgbaston-campus-map.pdf
Registration will commence at 0930 hours prior to starting promptly at 1000 hours.
PROGRAMME
Hours
1000 Welcome - Malcolm Dick
Director, Centre for West Midlands History, University of Birmingham
1010 The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands – An overview
Malcolm Dick
The forgotten workers of Soho
1030 The women and children
Caitlin Russell
1105 The Men who built the steam engines
Christopher Olive
1135 Break
The forgotten industrialists
1200 The Birmingham brassmakers: A fierce cartel
Duncan Frankis
1300 Lunch
1400 William Hazledine – Engineering change
Andrew Pattison
1445 James Keir – A forgotten industrial pioneer
Kristen Schranz
1530 Break
Forgotten Lunar women
1545 Wives and daughters of the Lunar men
Kate Croft
1630 Close