The Radical Uprising – 8th April 1820
This is the last blog post commemorating the Radical Uprising for now. There will be more commemorations in September when we remember the sacrifice of John Baird and Andrew Hardie […]
Falkirk Radicals
The Radical Uprising – 5th April 1820
On the 5th April 1820, tensions were rising in the local area. Andrew Baird and John Hardie had been given their instructions by Duncan Turner the previous day and had […]
The Radical Uprising – 4th April 1820
On the 4th of April, Duncan Turner mustered a small group of men at Germiston and persuaded them to march on the Carron ironworks where they were to take the […]
The Radical Uprising 2nd – 9th April 1820
In the papers of the Murray family of Polmaise and Touchadam held at the Council Archives, there are a series of letters that relate to the April 1820 uprising of […]