Ever daydreamed about swapping your day job for a life of utopian idealism on a commune? Meet Chris Coates, who ran away to join a commune.
Pendle Radicals is delighted to welcome former MPA Trustee Chris back to Burnley to talk about his experiences with the People in Common experiment in communal living. This FREE event, to launch his book, will take place at Finsley Gate Wharf on Sunday 26 September 2021.
Furloughed from his job and locked down for the best part of the last twelve months former Green Party County Councillor Chris spent the time writing an ‘autoblogography’ of the time he spent living and working in an alternative community in Burnley called People in Common.
People in Common grew out of the counterculture of the 1970’s. We didn’t call ourselves a commune because of all the assumptions that are made about the hippy lifestyle and Burnley isn’t the obvious place that you’d think of for an experiment in communal living.
To read more about Chris and the creation of his book, and to book a FREE place at the event visit the Rebel Pen Club blog.
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