Celebrating the Radical Legacy of Pendle’s Revolutionary Women Guerilla artists’ plan to celebrate the pioneering achievements of Pendle’s overlooked poets, writers and campaigners
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s anyone who has been following the progress of the Pendle Radicals programme will know, there is a long and proud history of extraordinary women doing extraordinary things for the communities around Pendle Hill. Mid Pennine Arts was delighted to welcome a contemporary band of extraordinary women to celebrate their sisters’ achievements via an eye-catching public art campaign. Rosie’s Plaques – an award-winning arts and © Rosie’s Plaques crafts offshoot of the Common Lot Theatre Company from Norwich – visited Clarion House as the first date on their national tour.
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This lively group of ‘guerrilla artists’ specialise in making unofficial blue plaques traditionally marking the homes of the great and the good across the UK. In 1867 the very first blue plaque was unveiled to mark the London birthplace of Lord Byron. These iconic heritage plaques can now be found on buildings across the UK, celebrating ‘great figures of the past from all walks of life who have contributed to society’. But do they tell the whole story? There are more than 4500 heritage plaques in the UK. Less than 12% of them celebrate the lives, achievements and spaces of women.
