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Further background to the Radical Movement and Upheavals
A strong radical tradition existed in the area since the Radical Upheavals in the fist part of the 19th century. Radicals throughout Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales had been fired with the ideals of Revolutionary France. Thrushgrove Estate was owned by a radical businessman called James Turner, who had a tobacconist shop in High St. near the university. The grounds of Thrushgrove contained a mansion and a cottage and ran from Castle St to around Garnock St. These grounds were the scene of the biggest radical gathering ever seen in the British Isles, in October 1816.....
See www.roystonroadproject.org/archive/history/garngad_politics.htm
Monica
A strong radical tradition existed in the area since the Radical Upheavals in the fist part of the 19th century. Radicals throughout Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales had been fired with the ideals of Revolutionary France. Thrushgrove Estate was owned by a radical businessman called James Turner, who had a tobacconist shop in High St. near the university. The grounds of Thrushgrove contained a mansion and a cottage and ran from Castle St to around Garnock St. These grounds were the scene of the biggest radical gathering ever seen in the British Isles, in October 1816.....
See www.roystonroadproject.org/archive/history/garngad_politics.htm
Monica
