Talk:Ned Ludd
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The following was moved from the subject page to here on October 29, 2002, until such time as some intrepid Wikipedian dares to create a context and lead-in for it. Methinks something got cut off here. -- Stormwriter
- the first threatening letter from General Ned Ludd) to employers. However what such problems could lead to such harsh actions? Starting off in Nottingham, workers upset wage reductions and feeling unappreciated by employers, began breaking into factories at night and destroyed the new machines that the employers wanted the workers to use. Inside three weeks, more than two hundred stocking frames were destroyed. In March 1811, the amount of night-time attacks happening got seriously out of hand which meant four hundred constables were set out to protect the factories.
Reminds me of this:
- In the early months of 1811 the first threatening letters from General Ned Ludd and the Army of Redressers, were sent to employers in Nottingham. Workers, upset by wage reductions and the use of unapprenticed workmen, began to break into factories at night to destroy the new machines that the employers were using. In a three-week period over two hundred stocking frames were destroyed. In March, 1811, several attacks were taking place every night and the Nottingham authorities had to enroll four hundred special constables to protect the factories. To help catch the culprits, the Prince Regent offered £50 to anyone "giving information on any person or persons wickedly breaking the frames". [1]
--Ed Poor
[edit] Use of Ludd as the surname
An anon changed Lud to Ludd in the article, which I reverted. Pynchon references the Oxford English Dictionary as the source of the name. Until another reference of similar character is provided, I don't think Ludd is an option. Noisy | Talk 20:18, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
- I am sorry, but Google search shows 19,000 hits for Ned Ludd and only 900 for Ned Lud. Britannica uses Ned Ludd. At the very least, the article should mention both spellings, at best, I'd recommend moving it to Ned Ludd. Feel free to adapt the Pynchon reference as a note, of course. As for bio-stub, I think it looks better after main article, not forgotten at the bottom. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 11:21, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
