Friendly societies in the rural East Riding, 1830-1912
Local and affiliated order friendly societies which together formed the largest working-class movement in Victorian Britain have been largely ignored by social and labour historians. Oddfellows, Foresters, Druids, Shepherds and Gardeners with their ritual, regalia, and secrecy imitative of Freemason...
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University of Hull
1985
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376382 |