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[Griff]

Go on then, I'll bite.... "what's a Luddite?"

The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers which opposed the use of certain types of cost-saving machinery, often by destroying the machines in clandestine raids. They protested against manufacturers who used machines in "a fraudulent and deceitful manner" to replace the skilled labour of workers and drive down wages by producing inferior goods. Members of the group referred to themselves as Luddites, self-described followers of "Ned Ludd" (aka Norms' Dad), a legendary weaver whose name was used as a pseudonym in threatening letters to mill owners and government officials.
The Luddite movement began in Nottingham, England, and spread to the North West and Yorkshire between 1811 and 1816. Mill and factory owners took to shooting protesters and eventually the movement was suppressed with legal and military force, which included execution and penal transportation of accused and convicted Luddites.

[Bernard]

Go on then, I'll bite.... "what's a Luddite?"

The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers which opposed the use of certain types of cost-saving machinery, often by destroying the machines in clandestine raids. They protested against manufacturers who used machines in "a fraudulent and deceitful manner" to replace the skilled labour of workers and drive down wages by producing inferior goods. Members of the group referred to themselves as Luddites, self-described followers of "Ned Ludd" (aka Norms' Dad), a legendary weaver whose name was used as a pseudonym in threatening letters to mill owners and government officials.
The Luddite movement began in Nottingham, England, and spread to the North West and Yorkshire between 1811 and 1816. Mill and factory owners took to shooting protesters and eventually the movement was suppressed with legal and military force, which included execution and penal transportation of accused and convicted Luddites.

Mmmm started in Nottingham... how apt !............. I must be one !

[Basher]

Mmmm started in Nottingham... how apt !............. I must be one !

that sounds about the Norm always trouble from Nottingham

[Kenny m]

Thanks for the the history lesson remember this from school basically it was the start of the industrial revolution , was economic history I studied rather than bows and arrows lol

[Normb666]

But does anyone remember Lobby Ludd....?? - and would you recognise him....

[Longtimefan]

But does anyone remember Lobby Ludd....?? - and would you recognise him....

Yes and no, to that question !!!! But I think the Luddite philosophy is still alive and kicking except it is aimed at little black box’s.