Benny Rothman
The blue plaque at Benny Rothman’s residence.
Benny’s inspirational leadership helped walkers throughout the land, and resulted in the Right to Roam legislation, which forced landowners to grant access to the land.
Walkers, runners and cyclists have much to thank Benny for …..
Listen to Mark narrating his UNITE Education Department booklet on Benny Rothman here
More stories from the Rebel Road series :
- Will Thorne
- Mary McArthur
- Clement Attlee
- John Ruskin
- Herbert Morrison, trade unionist and politician
- Albert Mansbridge
- John Burns, Clapham, London
- Matchgirls Strike and Annie Besant, Fairfield Road, London E3
- James Alwyn, Bolton
- Edward McHugh, Birkenhead
- Ebenezer Elliott, Rotherham
- Joseph Rayner Stephens, plaque and memorial, Stalybridge
- Sam Wild, Manchester, International Brigade Commander
- Friedrich Engels, Manchester
- Ellen Wilkinson, Manchester
- Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia, Manchester
- The Battle of Bexley Square – Salford, October 1931
- Stalybridge and the 1842 General Strike plaque
- Mechanics’ Institute – Princess Street, Manchester
- Ernest Jones, Chartist, Manchester
- Darwen Street, Blackburn, a plaque commemorates local textile workers killed in 1842
- Michael Davitt, Haslingden memorial
- Derby Silk Strike Centenary, honouring the Derby Silk Workers
- Spanish Civil War Plaques, the International Brigade
- The Great Strike at Penrhyn Quarry
- Micky Fenn, trade unionist
- Julia Varley, trade unionist and suffragette
- the Chartist sculpture and plaque, Newport
- Thomas Spence, land reformer & political activist
- Tom Maguire, pioneer socialist & trade unionist
- Alice Wheeldon, peace activist, socialist and suffragette
- Thomas Cooper, Chartist
- Ernest Bevin, giant of the Labour movement
- Tom Mann, one of Britain’s greatest trade unionists
- International Workers Memorial in Bathgate, West Lothian
- Caroline E.D. Martyn, early trade union organiser
- Sidney and Beatrice Webb, socialists, researchers and authors
- Female Union Society, inscribed stone, Ramsbottom
- Andrew Hardie and John Baird, radical reformists, Stirling
- Eleanor Marx, Brighton
- the Bristol Bus Boycott, Bristol
- Anti Apartheid plaque, Jack Jones House Liverpool
- Benny Rothman, Timperley
- Robert Tressell, Pembroke Place, Liverpool
- Newry Dock Strike
- Annie Kenney, Oldham
- Lydia Ernestine Becker, Chadderton, Oldham
- Joseph Burgess, Failsworth, Oldham
- Peterloo, Manchester
- the International Brigade
- Samuel Plimsoll – the trade unionist who improved Health and Safety at work
- Gerard Winstanley, Wigan
- Ralph Fox, Halifax
- Mary Ann Mercer, Birkenhead
- Jack Jones House, Liverpool
- Sheila McKechnie
- Mary Gawthorpe, Leeds
- Josiah Heapy, Burslem (1842)
- Joan Maynard, Sowerby (1921-1998)
- Friction Dynamics (2001-2003)
- Samuel Owen, Newtown and Manchester
- Hannah Mitchell, Manchester
- Suffrage in Chorley
- Dr Marion Phillips, Sunderland’s first female MP
- James Hammett – Tolpuddle
- Battle of Cable Street Mural, East London
- James Connolly
- Isabella Ford, Leeds
Pubs
- Ye Olde Hob Inn, Bamber Bridge (Lancashire)
- the Standard of Freedom, Halifax
Buildings + Rooms
- Mark Ashton, Belfast
- Jack Jones, Liverpool
- Clarion House, Nelson-on-Colne
- Bolton Socialist Club
Also of interest
Statues
- the Luddites, Liversedge
- William Wilberforce, Hull
- Samuel Bamford, Middleton
- Mary Macarthur, Cradley Heath
- Robert Ascroft, Oldham
- Mary Barbour, Glasgow
- Annie Kenney, Oldham
- Spanish Civil War
- Hillsborough Monument Memorial, Liverpool
- Millicent Fawcett statue, London
- Memorial to Building Workers, London
- Blockade Runners to Spain memorial, Glasgow
- Emmeline Pankhurst statue, St Peter’s Square, Manchester
- Mary Seacole statue, St Thomas’s Hospital, London
- La Pasionaria (Dolores Ibarruri) statue, Glasgow
- Political Martyrs Monument, Glasgow
- Rolls Royce Avon Engine, South Lanarkshire College
Museums
Plaques in Your Region
East Midlands
Gibraltar
Ireland
London and Eastern
- Will Thorne
- Mary McArthur
- Clement Attlee
- John Ruskin
- Herbert Morrison, trade unionist and politician
- Albert Mansbridge
- Annie Besant, Southwark, London
- John Burns, Clapham, London
- Ernest Bevin
- Sydney and Beatrice Webb
- Eleanor Marx
- Matchgirls Strike and Annie Besant, Fairfield Road, London E3
North East, Yorkshire and Humberside
- Ebenezer Elliott
- Thomas Spence
- Tom Maguire
- Tom Mann
- Samuel Plimsoll
- Ralph Fox
- Mary Gawthorpe
- Joan Maynard
- Dr Marian Phillips
- William Wilberforce
- Standard of Freedom
- E P Thompson
- Kinder Trespass Plaque, Kinder Road, Hayfield
- Isabella Ford, Leeds
North West
- James Alwyn
- Sam Wild
- Benny Rothman
- Friedrich Engels
- Edward McHugh
- Ellen Wilkinson
- Emmeline Pankhurst, statue and plaque and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia
- The Battle of Bexley Square 1931
- Stalybridge and the 1842 General Strike
- Blackburn 1842
- Mechanics’ Institute
- Ernest Jones
- Micky Fenn
- Female Union Society
- Anti-Apartheid Plaque, Jack Jones House
- Robert Tressell
- Annie Kenney, plaque and statue
- Lydia Ernestine Becker
- Joseph Burgess
- Mary Ann Mercer
- Jack Jones House
- Peterloo
- Gerard Winstanley
- Samuel Owen
- Hannah Mitchell
- Joseph Raynor
- Suffrage in Chorley
- Samuel Bamford, statue
- Robert Ascroft, statue
- Ye Olde Hob Inn
- Clarion House
- Bolton Socialist Club and Spanish Civil War plaque
Scotland
- International Workers Day Memorial
- Caroline E.D Martyn
- Sheila McKechnie
- Mary Barbour
- Andrew Hardie and John Baird
- Blockade Runners to Spain
- Rolls Royce Avon Engine, South Lanarkshire College
- La Pasionaria (Dolores Ibarruri) statue, Glasgow
- Political Martyrs Monument, Glasgow
- James Connolly
- John McLean
South West
Wales
- Friction Dynamics
- The Great Strike at Penrhyn Quarry
- Chartist plaque and former sculpture, Newport
- Centenary of North Wales Quarrymens Union
West Midlands
Plus Spanish Civil War plaques in general including Kirkcaldy, Leicester and South Bank, London
Ongoing plaque campaigns as of July 2020 are Micky Fenn, London and Eastern and 1842 General Strike in Halifax plus a statue to Emma Sproson in Wolverhampton. There are also provisional plans for a major City centre venue to be named after Julia Varley.
Mark Metcalf ~ independent working class writer and journalist 
