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Chapter XVIII This is Chapter XVIII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 11th June 1889. The Kilsyth Poet’s Dirge – A Balfron Radical’s Outpouring – Britain’s Lament – Lines in Memory of Andrew Hardie This chapter may appropriately be devoted to a few of the […]
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On 8 January 2021, several members of the Erasmus Collective attended the online symposium marking 200 years of the 1820 Scottish Radical Uprising. The event, organised by the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Scottish and Gaelic Studies, was moved on-line after a number of postponements due to the ongoing restrictions of Coronavirus. Our interest in […]
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As the Stirling Sentinel’s 1889 serialisation of the Story of Baird and Hardie moves towards its conclusion, we are featuring blogs and articles by other authors and historians (with their kind permission) whose bicentennial contributions greatly enriched the tapestry that tells the tale of what has been until now, something of an under-represented period of […]
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CHAPTER XVII This is Chapter XVII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 4th June 1889. The Dying Speeches of the Political Martyrs – Hardie’s ‘Noble Spirit’ – The Effect of an “Amen!” – Decapitation of the Bodies – A Bungling Executioner – The Mystery of […]
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This is a guest blog by Murray Armstrong, one of three authors who marked the bicentenary of the 1820 Radical Rising with a historical monograph on the events of that year. These events concerned Baird and Hardie, the two protagonists of our serialisation, first published in the Stirling Sentinel in 1889. Included here is a […]
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CHAPTER XVI This is Chapter XVI of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 28th May 1889. Meeting Between Baird and Hardie and the other Bonnymuir Prisoners – Address by Baird – The Last Farewell – Leaving the Castle for the Scaffold – The Masked Headsman – […]
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CHAPTER XV This is Chapter XV of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 21st May 1889. Interview between Baird and his relatives – His parting gift to his aging father – Hardie’s last letters – Preparations for the execution – How the night was passed in […]
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CHAPTER XIV This is Chapter XIV of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 14th May 1889. The efforts made for a reprieve – The Rev. Dr Chalmers a noble exception to his brethren – Hardie’s artless words touch the heart of a cabinet minister – no […]
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This is the second section of Chapter XIII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 7th May 1889. Stirling Castle, 10th August, 1820 My Dear Grandfather, – I received a letter from you of date 10th June, which I should have answered before this time. In […]
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CHAPTER XIII This is the first section of Chapter XIII of the serialisation, the wording reproduced exactly as it appeared in the Stirling Sentinel, on Tuesday 7th May 1889. Letters of John Baird – Sentence of Death on the Radicals – No Hope for Baird and Hardie – Affecting Letters written by Hardie in the […]
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