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Professor Tony Collins

12 May, 12.30-1.30

Free, all welcome

One hundred years ago this week, men and women across Hull walked out of work and joined the nationwide General Strike called by the TUC in support of Britain's miners. It wasn't the first time that local workers had taken a stand - in 1911 a government advisor reported that strikes in the city threatened a "revolution" - and local docks, railways and factories quickly fell silent. As days passed, the General Strike increased its support, and the day after the TUC called it off, more Hull workers were on strike than ever before.

To mark the centenary of the General Strike, Professor Tony Collins investigates the role that Hull's men and women played in the dispute, explores why it was so popular, and examines the impact that it had on the subsequent history of Hull.