Faculty Fellow in the Education Department of the University of Brighton
Publications
Eastbourne and the school board era that never was, 1870-1902, by Clive Griggs and Debbie Wall, published 1984 in The Journal of the History of Education Society (vol. 13, issue 4, article, pp.272-286) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502693] View Online
The National Union of Teachers in the Eastbourne area 1874-1916: a tale of tact and pragmatism, by Clive Griggs, published 1991 in The Journal of the History of Education Society (vol. 20, issue 4, article, pp.325-340) View Online
George Meek, the ragged trousered Robert Tressell of Eastbourne, by Clive Griggs, published March 1993 in Labour History Review (vol. 58 issue 1, article, p.37)
Abstract:The article examines the similarities and links between British socialists Robert Tressell, with real name Robert Noonan, author of "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" and George Meek, author of "George Meek Bath Chair-Man." Meek was born in Eastbourne on June 1, 1868 and Noonan was either born in the same year or two years later. They both married in the early 1890s and both had one daughter who survived them, namely Kathleen Noonan and Milly Meek. Noonan and Meek both had one book published and each experienced the difficulty of being an active socialist.
George Meek: Labouring Man Protégé of H. G. Wells, by Clive Griggs and Bill Coxall, published 20 December 1996 (559 pp., New Millenium, ISBN-10: 185845073X & ISBN-13: 9781858450735) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Eastbourne 1851 - 1951 - A Social History , by Clive Griggs, published 25 July 2016 (562 pp., Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1786237288 & ISBN-13: 9781786237286) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This book sets out to record the changes which took place in a Southern coastal town during the period 1851-1951. In the early years the town was well planned and developed by major landowners. This seaside town lacked any manufacturing base and most working class residents had to rely on poorly paid work, much of it related to the holiday season. Eastbourne was planned so that, '… there would be good large houses in one direction … smaller houses in another … and they are not mixed up … they are all quite separate.' The social composition of the town ensured that at both local and national level it remained conservative in outlook even when a growing Labour Movement after 1918 began to challenge some of the assumptions of those in control.