[SSC] ACTIVISM AND THE UNDER-FIVES (London, December 10th)

[Sarah Amsler]

Really interesting event for anyone that is in/can get to London on 
Thursday...

http://radicalhistorynetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/next-rahn-meeting-activism-and-under.html

Sunday, November 16, 2014
Next RaHN Meeting: ACTIVISM AND THE UNDER-FIVES
As soon as the women's movement started, so did campaigns for more and 
better childcare...

The next meeting of the Radical History Network of NE London group will 
focus on how pressure was put on institutions and local authorities to 
provide cheap, good quality provision.
There is also an important story to be told about how alternative 
provision was set up outside the mainstream, while sometimes the two 
approaches overlapped.
Come along and share your experiences, and discuss how this connects 
with campaigns today.
Speakers will include:

Gail Chester – The struggle for council and community nurseries in 
Hackney from the 1970s onwards

Ivor Kallin – When Islington nursery workers shared a platform with the 
miners
  + other contributors from campaigns in higher education and community 
settings

UPDATE: 3rd speaker for the meeting now confirmed:
Andrea Francke – History of nursery campaigns at the Royal College of 
Art and London College of Communication

Plus discussion and exchange of news & views.

Wednesday 10th December 7.30 p.m
Wood Green Social Club 3 Stuart Crescent, N22 5NJ
  (off the High Rd, near Wood Green tube)
Free to attend, all interested people welcome.

*Playgroup, Ealing, c1975
*Pre-school provision in the 1970s was limited and had to be paid for: 
typically, playgroup – if there was one in the area with a vacancy and 
the child was accepted – from age 3, on two or three mornings a week 
during term-time.

Photos from demo against cutbacks in early-year education, Ealing, 
c.1979/80.
Girl and boy on the right have placards reading:
“I didn’t get where I am today by staying off school till I was 5.”