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Title: The White House, Blackstone Edge. - RDA00305
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Title
The White House, Blackstone Edge. - RDA00305
Description
At the summit of the road between Ripponden and Littleborough. The notice on the board reads "Teas and Refreshments. Catering for public and private parties".
Dr Katrina Navickas in her 2009 article Northern History writes:
"Blackstone Edge was one of the most famous sites of Chartist monster meetings. Large processions from either side of the Pennines would trek up to sit in the declivity of the land near the White House inn, where a natural ampitheatre would amplify the speakers and radical hymns. Blackstone Edge wasn't just a site out of the reach of the authorities: it was a familiar site, foreboding in bad weather but glorious on a summer's day, a place of freedom where the working classes could breathe fresh air and observe nature before they trekked back down to the factories and slum housing in the towns below."
The Chartist movement was at its height around 1840.
Dr Katrina Navickas in her 2009 article Northern History writes:
"Blackstone Edge was one of the most famous sites of Chartist monster meetings. Large processions from either side of the Pennines would trek up to sit in the declivity of the land near the White House inn, where a natural ampitheatre would amplify the speakers and radical hymns. Blackstone Edge wasn't just a site out of the reach of the authorities: it was a familiar site, foreboding in bad weather but glorious on a summer's day, a place of freedom where the working classes could breathe fresh air and observe nature before they trekked back down to the factories and slum housing in the towns below."
The Chartist movement was at its height around 1840.
Creator
Lilywhite Ltd, the Photo Printers
Source
Rene Dawson
Rights
PHDA - Rene Dawson Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
RDA00305.tif
Collection
Citation
Lilywhite Ltd, the Photo Printers, “The White House, Blackstone Edge. - RDA00305,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/25017.
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