Who is George Garrett?`• Born Seacombe 1896, family soon

moved to the Dingle• Early radical activism: 1911

dockers strike• Stowaway, then merchant

seaman, spent both Wars at sea• New York 1920s: IWW and early

writing• 1930s: unemployment, activism,

writing and Orwell• Founder member, Merseyside

Left Theatre/Unity Theatre• Family life, died 1966

Michael Murphy, Nottingham Trent University, 1999

A first look at the archive

Adding to the Archive

16-week evening class

• A Stoker with Punch

• Seaman, Syndicalist and Scribe

• On the Parish

• Subterranean Theatre

The Garretteers

Project aims January – May 2014

• Catalogue the archive

• Digitise the archive

• Garrett web site, timeline, book, exhibition, installation and film

• Launch and programme of events during WOWFestival May 2014

LJMU student installation

On tour

Garrett Exhibition, Central Library

Launch Event, Central Library

http://www.georgegarrettarchive.co.uk/