500 Years of Struggle – A People's History of Nottingham was published in 1949 and sold for threepence. Subjects covered include the English Revolution, the Luddites, local industries, Lord Byron, housing, the sacking of Nottingham Castle, Chartism, the opening of the first local public library, the once-huge Nottingham Co-operative Society, trade unions and, of course, Robin Hood. This pamphlet is not without anachronisms, but it's interesting to see how the authors interpreted Nottingham's past. The aim was to understand that past, leading to "the winning of a better town".