The Burston Strike School, 1914-1939

A short history of the longest schoolchildren's strike in UK history, when nearly all pupils at Burston school in Norfolk, England walked out in support of two unfairly sacked teachers who then started their own school with funds from the workers' movement.

Related Keywords

Germany ,United Kingdom ,Wood Dalling ,Norfolk ,Aylsham ,Kitty Higdon ,Eileen Atkins ,Charles Tucker ,Tom Higdon ,George Durbidge ,Violet Potter ,Annie Katherine Schollick ,Francis Smith ,Burston School ,Council School ,Burston Strike School ,Norfolk Education Committee ,Strike School ,Burston Council ,Agricultural Workers Union ,School Management Committee ,National Union Of Teachers ,Education Committee ,Wood Dalling County School ,Parliamentary Education Bill ,All Things Bright ,Katherine Schollick ,Education Act ,Reverend Charles Tucker Eland ,Way Things ,Reverend Eland ,National Union ,Crown Green ,Burston Strike ,Bernard Hill ,John Shrapnel ,Nicola Cowper ,