Women Chainmakers’ Festival
June 27 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
An annual event, featuring national entertainers and speakers, including a ‘MaryMacarthur’ in period costume delivering one ofMary’s rousing speeches and a procession of modern unions and ‘strikers’ dressed as Edwardian chainmakers, the festival ensures that this historic episode is celebrated by the local community and trade unionists from all over the country.
The Women Chainmakers’ Festival is coordinated by the TUC Midlands bringing together trade unions and community groups to host the only Trade Union run festival to celebrate the success of women. It is held at the Mary Macarthur Gardens in Cradley – Heath the home of the 1910 dispute.