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‘ROUSE YE WOMEN’
20 February
In 1910 the women chain makers of Cradley Heath focussed the world’s attention on the plight of Britain’s lowpaid women home workers, hammering out chain-links in sheds in the backyards of their homes with their babies and children for five shillings (25p) for a 50-hour week. Through rousing traditional songs and moving ballads, Townsend Theatre Productions
reveals the horrors of sweated labour.
Address: Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF
Phone: 01305 266926
Website: www.dorchesterarts.org.uk
Tickets: £13 / £11