Exhibition: Optimism in the 80s

The lost story of radical co-operation in East Lancashire

Exhibition

March 27, 2026

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Exhibition: Optimism in the 80s

People in Common, a radical communal group, moved to Burnley in 1974 in order to find a way to provide decent affordable housing for members with little or no money.

To achieve this they pioneered a small scale democratic form of housing co-operative and set up a number of worker co-operatives.

A talk on the exhibition will take place on Friday April 17 at 8pm. All welcome.