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Vale Rawlings

@valerawlings.bsky.social

More details of the launch of my new book are live on the Forgotten Burton Stories website - www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk/post/friends... #Tradeunions #LabourHistory #BurtonUponTrent #SocialHistory #TradeUnionHistory #Socialism #FriendshipLoveTruth #ValeRawlings

Friendship, Love & Truth is launched

The Vale Rawlings book Friendship, Love & Truth, written by Elaine Pritchard, has been officially launched at Burton upon Trent public library.The book can now be bought, priced at £15.99, with all pr...

www.forgottenburtonstories.co.uk

December 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM

Vale Rawlings

@valerawlings.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who helped my Crowdfunder reach & exceed its target! Copies of 'Friendship, Love & Truth' are here in Burton upon Trent and the first ones are being despatched to, and collected by, Crowdfunders. Hoping to raise lots for YMCA Burton and SARAC #SocialHistory #ValeRawlings

A number of brown boxes, which contain books, are piled up on a wooden pallet and covered in clear plastic wrapping. The pallet stands on a path in front of a small area of stones and foliage.

December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM

Vale Rawlings

@valerawlings.bsky.social

Can anyone decipher the signature on this memo from the War Office in September 1917 to MP Charles Duncan?
#WorldWarOne #WW1 #ConscientiousObjector #ValeRawlings #LabourHistory #DartmoorPrison

A memo with the address heading War Office, Whitehall, SW1 dated 20th September 1917. It reads: Dear Mr Duncan, On the 16th August you sent me a letter addressed to you from Princetown by a Conscientious Objector named Vale Rawlings who complained of his heart. After a special medical examination this man was discharged altogether from the Army, and his fare home from Princetown was paid as he was unable to pay it himself. Sincerely yours [signature illegible]
Charles Duncan, Esq., M.P.

July 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM

Vale Rawlings

@valerawlings.bsky.social

If you're thinking of buying our book when it's out before Christmas, you can secure your copy NOW by donating to our new Crowdfunder campaign. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/vale-rawlings
#FriendshipLoveTruth #TradeUnion #WomensHistory #YMCABurton #SARAC #ValeRawlings #BurtonUponTrent

Vale Rawlings: Friendship Love & Truth

Raising funds for two Burton charities through publishing a book about the life and times of forgotten local man Vale Rawlings (1887-1940).

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM

Vale Rawlings

@valerawlings.bsky.social

Setting up on Cathedral Green, Derby, outside the Museum of Making, for the Derby Silk Mill Festival. Come and say ‘hello’ and find out more about our project #ValeRawlings #TradeUnions #LabourHistory
#SilkMillLockout