New Lanark World Heritage Site - Beautiful 18th Century cotton mill village Visitor Centre and Hotel

New Lanark World Heritage Site - Beautiful 18th Century cotton mill village Visitor Centre and Hotel

The 19th Century Socialist Robert Owen established a series of communities based on his progressive ideas. One of the first is today a museum, in Scotland. Follow the link.

A song about a radical group from 1649

You Poor Take Courage

this song has been sung by several different artistes. it deals with an episode from the English Civil war, when some early utopian socialists decided to set up a sort of commune on land, refusing to recognize the aristocratic owner's right to it.