Talk:Matchgirls' strike

A fact from Matchgirls' strike appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 May 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that partly because of issues highlighed by the London matchgirls strike of 1888, the Salvation Army opened up its own match factory in Bow, London in 1891, which used harmless red phosphorus and paid better wages?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/May.

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Phossy Jaw Disease

Phossy Jaw disease was a bone cancer of the jaw. It would make your hair fall out, make your skin go yellow and turn both sides of the face a gradual shade of green and black puss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.223.77.224 (talk) 08:01, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apostrophe?

Shouldn't it be "London matchgirls' strike of 1888"? Malick78 (talk) 18:25, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes.Pyrotec (talk) 09:14, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

British Newspapers 1800-1900

These have just been released online - replacing access to the physical papers at Colingdale. Unfortunately, many are chargeable to recoup the cost of the project. However, some topics have been covered - including this one. HTH Kbthompson (talk) 10:30, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for this information. We can made good use of it.Pyrotec (talk) 18:52, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The strike

A new book by Louise Raw has a very full and well researched account of the strike. I have used information from this for a new section on the strike itself which was not previously covered adequately Waysider1925 (talk) 13:44, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification of Bryant

"Bryant was a leading liberal and nervous of the publicity" - Who is Bryant? He is not mentioned elsewhere in the article. . I assume he was one of the owners of the Bryant & May factory, along with Mr May, and I have amended the sentence to clarify this. If I'm wrong, please clarify.

BTW, Louise Raw, author of the book mentioned above, is giving a free talk, 7pm Fri 11th Nov 2011 at the Idea Store, Whitechapel. Worth going if you're interested in the Matchgirls. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RedTomato (talk • contribs) 14:07, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chronology

The chronology of events described in this article is extraordinarily hard to follow.

Vandalism to "Popular Culture' Section?

"In the 1960s, the British actor Bill Owen collaborated with songwriter Tony Russell toepisode in the second series of the BBC's Ripper Street, aired on 11 November 2013..." Something's evidently been lost from this paragraph. I hesitate to call it Vandalism, since it doesn't look deliberate; but what else do you call it? Nuttyskin (talk) 06:30, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See my note below. Same thing just happened. Weird. --gobears87 (talk) 20:14, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Page title

"London matchgirls strike of 1888" does not seem to be in line with the MoS guidelines for page naming. I suggest a move to "Matchgirls' Strike", unless anyone has a better idea. - SchroCat (talk) 08:36, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Re-write

This article, while covering some of the basics, doesn't reflect much of the scholarship that has gone into the strike. I'll be doing a rewrite in my sandbox over the next month or so, and dropping in the newly-written sections one at a time as I do it. If anyone has any observations or comments, I'd be grateful for them, as well as any changes to errors or omissions in the article. (Please don't edit my sandbox though: dropping me a note here or on my talk page would be preferred). Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 16:27, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You might keep an eye on this page, I can't remember why it's on my watchlist but I just undid what looked a bit like vandalism... that or some weird accidental edits! --gobears87 (talk) 20:13, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]