A number of different strands of what we had done before and what our needs were when we had moved into the Mill came together at the end of the 1980s and led to the setting up of Altham Harwood Centre Continue reading Seeing the Wood and the Trees
By far the most often quoted political statement at PIC was Emma Goldman’s “If there won’t be dancing at the revolution, I’m not coming.” Continue reading Give the Anarchist a Dictionary
…for the best part of 20 years or so at People In Common I pooled income with other members. The big difference being that there were no ‘blood ties’ to motivate sharing of income – income pooling was ideological. Or it was and it wasn’t. Continue reading Swimming in the Income Pool
I remember talking about how we might finally move from our terraced houses in Burnleywood to The Mill at Altham. I had one fantasy that we could do the removal….. Continue reading Doing up the Mill (Part 6) – Moving in
…we were pushing the boundaries of what was possible in social organisation. Consciously taking risks with each others lives and lifestyles and like all entrepreneurs sometimes we hit on something that worked, sometimes we didn’t Continue reading Developing Co-operation
I thought that as I had covered Sex & Rock ‘n Roll in other posts I’d better say something about ‘drugs’. While alcohol was most definitely our most common recreational drug…… Continue reading A Bene, a little bit of dope & sherry by the pint
WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS BECOMING A REGULAR LOCAL MAGAZINE, local being roughly within a 25 mile radius of Burnley. So – news, reviews, information etc about things going on in the area are most welcome – Also general contributions and criticisms. Continue reading All That Thinks And Moves
By the time we were starting to fit out the Mill in the mid 1980’s the Dutch Elm epidemic had reached parts of Lancashire and there were stands of dead mature elms that were being cut down and burnt by woodland owners and local authorites across the north of England. Continue reading Doing Up the Mill (Part 5)
Roll up! Roll up! See a demonstration of the official government regulation way to survive a nuclear attack. Upon hearing the 3 minute warning siren. You should get your family underneath the kitchen table….. Continue reading Pendle Witches Against the Bomb
Why do people take or keep their children out of school? Mostly for three reasons: They think that raising their children is their business and not the government’s; they enjoy being with their children and helping them to learn, and don’t want to give that up to others; they want to keep them from being hurt, mentally, physically and spiritually. Continue reading What did you learn out of school today?
