Tag: Tolpuddle Martyrs
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History was made under this tree
Under this tree in the picturesque Dorset village of Tolpuddle history was made. In 1834 six farm labourers met here to discuss ways of improving their working conditions. They were arrested, convicted on a trumped up charge of swearing a false oath and deported to Australia. Their offence? Forming the world’s first association to fight…