The Burston School Strike

PRICE ONE PENNY.
By “CASEY”
( of THE LABOUR LEADER ).
This little booklet is dedicated to the BRAVE WOMEN OF BURSTON, who have since April, 1914, nobly struggled against the tyranny of the Countryside.
“ To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond .”—Hypatia.
In this sentence the Reverend Charles Kingsley carries forward the message left by Aristotle.
When preparing to write this little booklet I was greatly impressed with the above words. No more fitting motto could I find for it, since it deals with the tyranny of our own country side.
It is a challenge to autocracy, a protest against injustice and a warning signal to the teaching profession.
It shows how a simple, moral, God-fearing little community may be roused into action against parochial busybodies and local glebe lords. The squire and the rector have been the Lord High Tololorums of the countryside for centuries.
To dispute their divine authority, or to question their insolence, oft means social ostracism, or a tour abroad without a Cook’s guide.
Emigration returns will prove this.
The people of Burston, in Norfolk, are deeply religious and law-abiding. The reverend rector has, however, gone too far.