Bloxham Village History Club

Thursday 22 February, 7.30pm

Jubilee Park Hall, Barley Close, Bloxham (Note this is not, on this occasion, our usual “third Wednesday” monthly slot)

Ciarán Walsh:

“The Fight against Fascism in Oxford”

Just as the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel/Gaza in our day have mobilised global opinion, so too the rise of Fascism and the conflicts it provoked and influenced were front-of-mind for the politically aware in the inter-war period of the Twentieth Century. Related tensions were acute in Oxford, for example in local and student politics and engagement with the Spanish Civil War. The so-called “Battle of Carfax” (1936) saw notable violence involving the British Union of Fascists and opponents. Ciarán Walsh is a local historian and poetry performer who specialises in working class history and the history of radical social movements.

Refreshments provided (from 7.15pm)

Admission: free for members (£13 annual sub); £3 visitor charge.

Contact lan Myson (ian_myson@hotmail.com) for further information. All welcome.