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The Friargate Anthology

The Friargate Anthology

The Friargate Anthology by Janet Dean and John Fieldhouse A collection of poetry, prose, music and art by members and supporters of the Quaker community in and around York. Where does writing come from? Janet Deane Why do I write? John Fieldhouse About writing Janet...
Sheffield Adult Schools 1850 – 2010

Sheffield Adult Schools 1850 – 2010

Sheffield Adult Schools 1850 – 2010 by Richard Hoare The Adult School movement was founded by evangelical Quakers in mid-Victorian timesand grew to over one hundred thousand scholars nationwide in its Edwardian heyday.Sheffield was an early and important player in...
Hidden in Plain Sight

Hidden in Plain Sight

Hidden in Plain Sight by Laurel Phillipson & Alison Armstrong Airton, Malhamdale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, is located close to the geographic centre of the Pennines, where the east-west Way of the Roses cycle route crosses the north-south Pennine Way....
Quakers in Plymouth

Quakers in Plymouth

Quakers in Plymouth by Martin Wyatt A Friends’ Meeting in context 1654 to the 1960’s *Who could have kept 500 serge-makers in employment if they had not been imprisoned? *Whose bones were the subject of a successful protest when it was proposed to re-inter them in a...