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100 NORTH-EAST PLACES OF PROTEST (version 1 2020)AAdelphi (various properties, 21, 22a, 24), Aberdeen Trades Union Council offices, John Londragan HouseAberdeen Trades Union Council offices and social club (1956 - ). As well as being used by the Council and union branches, the spaces have been used by various groups for decades. Also houses historical trade union artefacts, International Brigade Memorial Library, Spanish Civil War flag. Offices (with plaque) named after John Londragan, International BrigadeAdelphi, Aberdeen Trades Union Council offices, John Londragan HouseAberdeen Social Centre (2018 - )Adelphi LaneSuffragette mosaic by Carrie Reichardt (2018)BBallatar, Balmoral Golf Club, AberdeenshireSuffragette protest – replaced the marker flags with those of Women’s Social and Political Union colours (September 1912)Bedford Road, University of Aberdeen, Special Collections CentreHome to many labour history collections: including Aberdeen Trades Union Council, multiple trade union branches, Aberdeen Against the Poll Tax, Clarion Club etc. Also relevant printed collections15 Belmont StreetFabian Society (c.1940s)Aberdeen Association of Peace Groups centre (c.1989 - )Belmont Street (various properties), Aberdeen Trades Union Council offices (part of site was later the Coliseum, now Belmont Cinema)Aberdeen Trades Union Council offices and hall (1890s – 1950s). Number 47 was offices and meeting rooms until the 1950s whilst the Trades Hall at no. 51, opened 1896, but reverted to a cinema not long after. The premises were used by many trade unions and political groups. Number 47 was called Caberstone HouseGuy Aldred, anarchist communist, spoke there about ‘The Impending Social Revolution’ (when it was the Coliseum cinema) (November 1919)The current cinema café has been used by various groups over many yearsBennachie CommontyAberdeen Trades Union Council protest at the ongoing enclosure of land (1880s)Blackfriars Street, Union Hall (later the Eclectic Union Hall)Aberdeen Charter Union (1842 – c.1849). Bought spaceUsed by various groups such as Chartists and Secularists (such as a lecture from George Holyoake of the London Secular Society in September 1853)7 Bon Accord StreetWomen’s Social and Political Union rooms (c.1912 – c.1913). Earlier in Union Street3 Bridge PlaceIndependent Labour Party rooms (c.1919 – c.1920s)2 Broad Street, Town House (and later Extension on Broad Street). City Council HQFocus for various groups over many decades protesting at the City Council2 Broad Street, Town House, Aberdeen City Council ArchivesHome to archive collections such as the Northern Co-operative Society and Worker’s Educational AssociationBroad Street, Concert Court1st socialist lecture in Aberdeen by Owenite Robert Buchanan (1837)Broad Street, Marischal SquareA new public space in front of Marischal College. Used recently by protesters against the Marischal Square development and also the Youth Climate Strike (2014 - )C3 Cairnleith Croft, Ythanbank, EllonCommunal farm established by members of the University of Aberdeen Environmental Protection Society. Production of ecological magazine Aether (1973 – c.1980)CastlegateThe focus point for generations of activists holding lectures, meetings and demonstrations: anarchists, anti-fascists, nationalists, pacifists, socialists, suffragettes, trades unionists etc.Wendy Wood, Scottish Nationalist, proclaimed from the Market Cross a Scottish Republic on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth (June 1953)Bob Cooney, communist, commemorative plaque42 Castle StreetSocial Democratic Federation rooms (c.1899 – c.1911)Clarion Club used rooms courtesy of the Social Democratic Federation (1900 – 1902)Clochandighter Hill, near Cove, Aberdeen, US military installation1st Aberdeen Women for Peace camp (November 1983)5 Crooked Lane, Old Oddfellows HallUsed by pioneer groups such as Aberdeen Socialist Society (later Social Democratic Federation) and the Aberdeen Revolutionary Socialist Federation (renamed the Aberdeen Anarchist Communist Group) (1890s)Voltairine de Cleyre, anarchist, spoke there (October 1897)15 Correction WyndAberdeen Communist Party office (c.1930s/1940s)98 Crown Street, Quakers’ Meeting HouseUsed by various groups as a meeting and lecture space (1903 - ), such as the Scottish Minorities Group (1970s). Prior to this the Quakers has spaces in Diamond Street, Gallowgate and Guestrow.D11a Dee StreetNational Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (Aberdeen branch) office (c.1914). Previously the office was in Union StreetDyce Conscientious Objectors Camp, AberdeenWorld War One C.O. prison outside Aberdeen which housed anarchist communist Guy Aldred, amongst others. Issued a newsletter The Granite Echo (1916)EEast Burn Road, Stoneywood, P&J LiveProtests by Extinction Rebellion at Offshore Europe (September 2019). Site previously at Bridge of DonEllon Road, Bridge of Don BarracksPacifist protests by Youth CND (August 1965)Edzell, U.S. Air Force Base, AngusPacifist protests by groups such as Youth CND and Aberdeen Peace Council (mid-1960s - early 1980s)Exhibition Avenue, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference CentreProtests about visiting events by various groups such as animal rights activists and environmentalists (1980s – 2010s). Event space now at StoneywoodF54 Frederick StreetAberdeen Unemployment Centre (1988 – c.1992). Also housed the International Brigade Memorial LibraryG3 GallowgateGeorge Brantingham’s (merchant) shop. He was a prominent Quaker and as a member of the Aberdeen Anti-Slavery Society his shop sold related publications (1820s)62 Gallowgate (and later Market Street)William Lindsay, radical, bookseller, printing and publishing shop premises. Lindsay was active in many political movements throughout his life including Chartism (1850s – 1900)144 GallowgateSocial Democratic Federation rooms (1890s)Garthdee FarmCommunal farm (1970s)38 George Street (Hall)Aberdeen Charter Union, rented space (1841 - )75 George StreetIndependent Labour Party hall (c.1900s – 1910s)80 George Street (George Street Hall)Republican Club met there (late 1871)209 George Street, Unitarian ChurchUnitarian Church, led by Christian Socialist Rev. Alexander Webster. The church was at this site (1840 – 1905). After that date the church was at Skene Street and then Skene Terrace213 – 217 George Street, Northern Friendly Hall (later was the King’s Cinema)Used by various groups for events such as Aberdeen Socialist Society/Social Democratic FederationPrince Kropotkin spoke there and delivered a lecture about socialism (October 1889)334 George StreetAberdeen Unemployment Centre (1983 – 1985)Aberdeen Association of Peace Groups (c.1985 – c.1989). The Anti-Apartheid Movement also used this spaceGrampian Place, Craiginches Prison4 suffragettes on hunger strike after the Chancellor David Lloyd George visit to the Music Hall (November/December 1912)Green Anti-fascist protests, 1930s53 Guestrow, Reform HallNational Secular Society (Aberdeen) met there (late 1870s)Guild Street, Train StationSuffragette Emily Wilding Davison attacked a Baptist Minister, Rev. Forbes Jackson, mistaking him for Chancellor David Lloyd George (November 1912)John MacLean, socialist, was met with a welcome reception when he arrived after being released from Peterhead Prison (December 1918)Guild Street, Union Square shopping centre and carpark Protests in space in front of shopping centre by Scottish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (2016 -2017)Wall mural of John Londragan, International Brigade, Spanish Civil War (2019) (carpark)H47 – 49 Huntly Street, Albert Hall (later was the Savoy Cinema) Henry George, land reformer spoke there (February 1884)Prince Kropotkin spoke there and delivered a lecture about socialism (October 1889)JJustice Street (off), Market Stance, site of market (which moved from the Castlegate in the mid-1930s)Used by various groups for decades for public meetings and as gathering space for marchesAnti-fascist protests (1930s)K163 King StreetWorkers’ Educational Association (1979 - ). The WEA was founded in Aberdeen in 1913 and had various addresses before the move to King StreetAberdeen People’s Press (1976 – 1983). Was a base for many political groups including Women’s Liberation meetings in the late 1970s. Entrance was 163 King Street but the printing premises were in the basement of 165 & 167165 King StreetAmbrosia Wholefoods (1976 – late 1970s). Later moved to larger premises across the road167 King StreetBoomtown Books (1976 - 1991). The shop sold radical books and acted as a base for groups as well (such as Aberdeen Against The Poll Tax). After Ambrosia Wholefoods moved out, the shop extended and took over 165 King Street as wellLLinks and Broad Hill The focus point for generations of activists holding lectures, meetings and demonstrations 1832 Reform Act demonstration (May 1832)1st Unitarian preacher (Rev. Archibald MacDonald) spoke there (1833). Later, Unitarian minister and Christian Socialist Rev. Alexander Webster regularly spoke there Chartist rally (August 1838)3rd Reform Act demonstration (August 1884)Linksfield Road, StadiumAnti-apartheid protests when the South African rugby team played (December 1969)Loch Street?Communist Party hall (‘The All Power Hall’) (1930s)?M36 – 40 Market Street, Army Information OfficePacifist protests by Youth CND (late 1965). Later the office moved to Union Street and then Belmont Street where it is still situated today52 Market Street, Balmoral HotelSquatting (late 1946), actions supported by the Communist Party. Other sites squatted were the Imperial Hotel on Stirling Street, Willowbank Hotel on Willowbank Road, a hostel in Castle Street and various ex-army campsMarket Street, (foot of)Used by various groups such as the socialists for outdoor lectures (1890s)Mealmarket Street, Socialist HallNorthern Socialist Society hall (active c.1916 – c.1917)Socialist Labour Party hall (active c.1917 – early 1920s)John MacLean, socialist, spoke there the night of his release from Peterhead Prison (December 1918)‘Soviet meeting’ with the aim of forming an Industrial Council or Soviet (December 1918)Menie Estate, Aberdeenshire Site of Donald Trump’s golf course development and protests by group Tripping Up Trump (2008 - )N9 Nelson StreetCouncil tenement squatted by activists campaigning for action on homelessness (January 1973)PPersley Walled Garden, International Workers’ Memorial International Workers’ Memorial, (1997)Polmuir Road, Duthie Park Suffragette protest - words cut into the turf stating ‘Release Mrs Pankhurst’ (April 1912)6b Powis CircleAberdeen Arts and Community Workshop flat. Also housed Aberdeen Claimants and Unemployed Workers’ Union and Aberdeen People’s Press when it was first established (early 1970s)Prince Regent Street (former Free St Clement’s Church hall)National Unemployed Workers’ Movement hall (1930s). Also called the ‘Plaza’QQuarry Road, Northfield, Royal Observer Corps Headquarters, nuclear shelterPacifist protests by Youth CND (August 1965)4 Queen StreetClarion Club rooms (1902 – 1908)41 Queen Street (MacDonalds Temperance Hotel)Aberdeen Working Men’s Association and Female Radical Association met there (1839 - ) Social Democratic Federation hall (c.1905 – c.1910)RRegent Walk, University of Aberdeen (various places)Various student occupations (1960s – onwards), such as in 1977 and the campaign for divestment from South African subsidiariesRosemount Viaduct, William Wallace Statue Used by various groups such as communists, suffragettes and particularly nationalistsFirst outdoor meeting of newly formed Aberdeen Communist Party (October 1920)SSeamount Place (Gallowgate)Anarchist Club, The Aberdeen Revolutionary Socialist Federation (renamed the Aberdeen Anarchist Communist Group) (1890s)6 SchoolhillIndependent Labour Party rooms (1930s)68 SchoolhillJames Leatham, socialist, commemorative plaque. He lived there (1911 – 1913)78 Schoolhill, Aberdeen City Council MuseumsHome to trade union banner collectionSchoolhill, War MemorialPacifist protests such as during the Vietnam war (November 1967)4 Skene SquareGeorge Middleton, bookseller, shop (1862 – 1878). Middleton was a secularist and a member of the 1860s Reform League. As well as being a local agent for secularist publications, he also published his own works. Later he had premises in Gilcomston Steps and Baker Street 3 Skene Terrace, Picturedrome CinemaJohn MacLean, socialist, spoke there under auspices of British Socialist Party (January 1912)William Leslie, communist, spoke there after returning from Russia (November 1920)1st indoor meeting of newly formed Aberdeen Communist Party branch (September 1920)St. Katherine’s Hall, 10 – 14 ShiprowWilliam Morris, Socialist League, spoke there (March 1888)Trades Union Congress met there (only time in Aberdeen) (September 1884)Aberdeen Trades Union Council met there in the early days before they had their own building in Belmont Street5 St Mary’s PlaceLewis Grassic Gibbon, author, commemorative plaque. He lived there between 1917 – 1919 when he was a local journalist and attended the notable ‘Soviet meeting’ in 1918St Nicholas LaneCelebration of Aberdonian women mosaic by Carrie Reichardt (2018)15 St Nicholas StreetJames Leatham, socialist, printing premises (1889 – 1892)17 St Nicholas Street (Commercial Buildings)Aberdeen Communist Party headquarters (May 1921 – c.1940s). 1st permanent spaceSt Nicholas ‘square’ (previously ‘The Queen’, now outside Marks & Spencers)Used by various groups for stalls and demonstrations, particularly since the 1960s, and is now the main area for activism after shopping centre development and creation of a pedestrian square. Most notably in recent times during the Union Terrace Gardens struggles and during the Scottish independence voteStronsay Drive, Summerhill AcademySchool where radical educationalist Robert Fraser Mackenzie taught (1968 – 1974)62 Summer Street, 62 Club Community Centre (now Aberdeen Cyrenians)Aberdeen Libertarian Socialist Group met there (1970s – 1980s)Subversive Graffiti Collective met there (1980s)7 Summerfield Terrace, Scotia BarProtests against the barring of homosexual men led by the local Libertarian Socialist group (December 1977)U25 Union StreetClarion Club rooms (1899 – 1900). This was their first spaceUnion Street, Exchange Court, between nos. 35 – 37, Exchange News RoomsFoundation meeting of Aberdeen Anti-Slavery Society (March 1825)41 Union Street, Crown MansionsWomen’s Social and Political Union offices (c.1907 – 1910s). Later in Bon Accord Street.Caroline Phillips, suffragette, commemorative plaque65 Union Street, Royal Hotel hallRobert Owen, socialist and philanthropist, spoke there (December 1842)120 Union Street, Queen’s Rooms (later Queen’s Cinema)Aberdeen Trades Union Council met there in the early day before they had their own building in Belmont StreetPrince Kropotkin held a private meeting with the Junior Liberal Association and delivered an address on socialism (March 1889)173a Union StreetBritish Socialist Party rooms (active c.1912 – c.1916)174 – 194 Union Street, Music Hall (Assembly Rooms)Used by various groups to hold public meetings, often when groups were first established. Speakers included notable land reformer Michael Davitt (November 1882)1st public meeting, chaired by Isabella Fyvie Mayo, of the anti-racist group, Society for the Recognition of the Brotherhood of Man (April 1893)Suffragists and suffragettes protests (1870s – 1910s) such as visit by Chancellor David Lloyd George (November 1912)Anti-fascist protests (1930s)Women’s Liberation Movement protests at International Women’s Year Exhibition (November 1975)Aberdeen Anti-Nazi-League foundation meeting (April 1978)International Brigade, Spanish Civil War, plaque183a Union StreetAberdeen Socialist Club (1909 – c. 1916)214 Union StreetNational Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (Aberdeen branch) headquarters (c.1912 – c.1913). After that the office was in Dee StreetLouisa Innes Lumsden, suffragist, commemorative plaque. Lumsden was President of the Aberdeen Society377 Union Street, Army Information OfficePacifist protests (1970s – 1980s) such as by The British Withdrawal from Northern Ireland Campaign in the mid-1970s. Prior to the site in Union Street, the office was in Market Street. In the mid-1990s the office moved from Union Street to Belmont Street where it is still situated today474 Union StreetNational Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies shop (c.1912)Union StreetUsed by many groups as a thoroughfare for marches and demonstrations, especially as part of the annual May Day (the 1st march took place in 1890) and St Andrew’s Day marches (since 2005)Union Street/Union Terrace, King Edward VII statueFor many decades used by various groups for protestsUnion Terrace Gardens/Denburn Anti-fascist protests (1930s)Friends of Union Terrace Gardens protests (2010 - )21 Urquhart RoadAberdeen Communist Party headquarters (called Star Market) (1970s)W97 Westburn DriveChristian Farquharson-Kennedy, socialist, commemorative plaque 5 West North Street (and Shoe Lane), St Katherine’s CentreUsed by various groups such as Welfare Rights Project and Shelter and also the Aberdeen Unemployment Centre which then gave way to The Women’s Centre (1970s – 1980s). Also location of Jaws Wholefood Café, which acted as an informal gathering place and information point for posters/flyers etc. ................
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