Labnet: Remembering Ruth and Eddie Frow... WCML Salford, UK

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From: Bernadette & Michael [mailto:mossley at phonecoop.coop] 



The Trustees of the Working Class Movement Library would be very pleased
to hear from anyone with a suggestion on how best to  remember Ruth  and
Eddie Frow, the joint founders of the library.

 

Eddie died in 1997, Ruth died earlier this year . In establishing the
WCML they made an incalculable contribution to saving and popularising
the history of  working class social, industrial and cultural movements
of the last 200 years.

 

Ruth and Eddie would have hated plaques or statues. The Trustees
therefore welcome imaginative suggestions on how they could best be
remembered, suggestions which  would include in some way their passions
for history, comradeship, poetry, drama , music and socialism.  Amongst
suggestions already received are  an event or activity involving local
schools; creating a garden at the library (they  both loved gardens);
creating a bursary to assist  people who wish  study at the library and
an annual history lecture, perhaps on May Day.

 

Please send suggestions and ideas to Michael Herbert, email;
mossley at phonecoop.coop

 


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