Events
Sunday School Events
Ruth Ewan
22 April 2012 — 6 May 2012
Scotland Street School, 225 Scotland Street, Glasgow, G5 8QB
Sunday 22 April
2-4pm
Magic for Socialism
To celebrate the opening of The Glasgow Schools there will be performances by Socialist Magician, Ian Saville, and a choir of former Socialist Sunday School students led by Charlotte Brown.
Free. All ages welcome.
Sunday 29 April
2-4pm
A Select History of Socialist Sunday Schools
Socialist, writer, activist and historian Roger Huddle and historian, activist and former Socialist Sunday School student Dr Fred Reid will give a historical and personal account of the Socialist Sunday School movement.
To listen to an audio recording of this event on Vimeo, please click here.
Sunday 6 May
2-4pm
A Partial History of the Proletarian Sunday Schools
A one-off performance by actor Tam Dean Burn inspired by the life of Tom Anderson, founder of Glasgow’s Proletarian Sunday School, followed by a presentation on the history of Anderson and the School by Jane Rosen, a social historian and specialist in working class children’s literature.
Free. All ages welcome but recommended for over 16s.
To listen to an audio recording of this event on Vimeo, please click here.