The Swing Riots: Maggie Smith is researching protests by farm labourers in the 1830s that started in the Elham Valley, but which eventually spread to the rest of the county and to Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, and which were a response to the introduction of threshing machines and a reduction in their already low wages.

Project ID	753
Description	The Swing Riots: Maggie Smith is researching protests by farm labourers in the 1830s that started in the Elham Valley, but which eventually spread to the rest of the county and to Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, and which were a response to the introduction of threshing machines and a reduction in their already low wages.
Topic	History
Type	U3A-led research (SLP)
U3A	Canterbury U3A
Organization/partner	None
Year started	2018
Source of reference	None known
Output	None known
Document	None
Notes	Part of Citizens 800