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Description: | Song in praise of the reform movement in the North.Between 1815-1822 the political views of those on Tyneside and throughout the country changed dramatically. The period following the Napoleonic Wars on Tyneside was one of intense hardship and increasing political discontent. During this time reform societies multiplied in the North, not only in the larger towns like Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and South Shields but in Fawdon and Benwell, Winlaton and Swalwell. The movement began in the region in 1815 with the formation of the Political Protestants of Newcastle and Neighbourhood. By the summer of 1819 the local press teemed with papers, tracts and pamphlets on political subjects.John George Lambton was a moderate radical and reformer in the Whig Party. When the Whigs came to power in 1830 they appointed him head of a committee mandated to draft a bill on parliamentary reform. Lambton was a key figure in pushing through the bill, earning himself the nick name 'Radical Jack'. The song is a tribute to Lambton and to other prominent reformers of the time. 'Grey, Cartwright, Burdett, and Hobhouse do stand.'This song is part of the John Bell Collection. ; A collection of broadsheets on various subjects, with accompanying press cuttings and manuscript notes in the hand of John Bell. | Publisher: | Summers Sunderland ; Tyne and Wear | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | Political reform & dissent & politics & radicalism | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N0118001 | Go to resource |
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