UTK 07 - Babies at the Barricade (feat. Stephen McCole & Emma Noble)

Grab your prams and practice your Les Mis because this week we're building a barricade--except instead of Marius we're talking about Mary Barbour and the Glasgow rent strikes of 1915. Join Adam, Nat and this week's lovely (and in love) guests actor, Stephen McCole and writer/teacher, Emma Noble.

Mary Barbour

Mary Barbour Statue

Photo of strikers 1

Photo of strikers 2

Rent strike in the paper

Watch/Listen to Alistair Hulett play “Mrs Barbour’s Army”

More on Stephen & Emma:

Follow Stephen at @s_mccole on Instagram & @stephenmccole on Twitter & Emma at @mrsmccolio on Instagram & @emmanoblewrites on Twitter

SOURCES:Burness, Catriona. “Mary Barbour & Rent Strike 1915.” Remember Mary Barbour, 16 Jan. 2014, remembermarybarbour.wordpress.com/mary-barbour-rent-strike-1915/. 

“Mary Barbour - a Dangerous Woman?” Dangerous Women Project, 1 Mar. 2017, dangerouswomenproject.org/2017/03/02/mary-barbour-dangerous-woman/. 

Paterson, Laura. “Centenary of Glasgow Women's Rent Strikes.” Womens History Scotland, womenshistoryscotland.org/2015/12/24/centenary-of-glasgow-womens-rent-strikes/. 

rs21. “1915 Glasgow RENT STRIKE: How Workers Fought and Won over Housing.” rs21, 13 May 2021, www.rs21.org.uk/2015/06/12/1915-glasgow-rent-strike-how-workers-fought-and-won-over-housing/. 

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CREDITS:

Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man”

Additional Music: Garreth Spinn

Original Art: Sarah Cruz

Producer: Kathleen Mueller Mason

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