Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 21st February 2026

Time: 11am

Venue: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

Description: The talk will outline the history of the movement known as the Rebecca Riots with particular focus on the events of 1843. The motives and actions of the participants will be analysed and the talk will end with a story personal to the speaker’s family!

How to book: No booking required

Price: Free

Email: historyliz1565@yahoo.com

Website: www.haswansea.org.uk

Organiser: Swansea Branch

Lecturer: Dr Mary Thorley OBE

Comments: Mary Thorley was born and brought up in Carmarthen and gained her degree in History and Politics at Swansea University in the 1970s. After her retirement from her career as a head teacher and head of teacher training at UWTSD she studied for her PhD in We

Region: Wales

Branch: Swansea