Since 2006 BRHG have organised over 500 events; staging walks, talks, gigs, recreations, films, and exhibitions. We also have several active research projects, and have published over 70 books and pamphlets.
BRHG is NOT funded by universities, political parties, business, or local government, we rely on our members giving their labour for free.
Coal Not Dole, written by those involved in the Bristol Miners’ Support Campaign, tells the story of the solidarity and support shown by the people of Bristol, uniting those from all political backgrounds, and from none, to raise cash and food for the strikers and their families.
Bristol Radical History Group are happy and very proud to announce that 'Hartcliffe Betrayed, the Fading of a Post War Dream' authored by Paul Smith has been awarded joint runner up for the national Alan Ball Award 2024 in the category best Local History hardcopy publication.
In 1922, John Williams, who began working in a South Wales pit at age just thirteen, became the full-time trade union official for the Forest’s miners. Inspired by syndicalism, he believed that determined struggle could pave the way for a classless society free from exploitation.
The parish of Stapleton was once home to soldiers and sailors who were interned in Stapleton Prison as prisoners of war during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. This is the story of the Misérables of Bristol.
