Sarah Dubberley - Uxbridge Labour Mayor 1958

Councillor Mrs Sarah Dubberley
Labour Mayor 1958

Elected Labour Mayor of Uxbridge Tuesday 20th May 1958
(Photo L-R Cllr Ken Marlow, Cllr Sarah Dubberley and Middx County Councillor F.S, Tate - Labour Party Agent)

Sarah Ann Dubberley has the great distinction of being the first elected Labour Uxbridge Mayor in 1958 at the age of 71.

She was first elected to the Uxbridge Board of Guardian's in 1925 and later as a Labour Councilor for Hillingdon West to Uxbridge council in 1929, and in 1946 had been elected Chairman of the Housing Committe.Mrs Dubberley was very heavily involved in other community organisations within Uxbridge.

Mrs S.A. Dubberley worked for the National Savings movement for 40 years, served of Uxbridge United Charities for 36 years, was member of Uxbridge Welfare Council for 2 years and member of Uxbridge Joint Hospital Board for 18 years.

She had in 1956 been appointed to the Advisory Council of the National Assistance Board.

Mrs Dubberley husband Richard Thomas Dubberley was a retired railway worker and an local official of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR). They had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1956.

They have two daughters Florence who was married and lived in Slough and May who lived with her parents. May was employed in a tailors shop in Uxbridge in Uxbridge High Street.

Mrs Sarah Dubbley and her family lived at 9 Waterloo Road, Uxbridge from about 1918, Mrs Dubberley stated "its our home and I hope to live the rest of my life there"

On the day Councillor Sarah Dubberley was elected Mayor Tuesday 20th May 1958 , she stated " I feel a very proud women tonight to think that I am the first Labour Mayor of Uxbridge, I do sincerely thank you for the honour you have conferred upon me and I shall try to carry out my civic duties with pride as I always have done since I have been on the council".

Her election was greeted with great applause from the councillors and public present.

Cllr S.A.Dubberley appointed Welshman and Blind Union Organiser, Alderman Tom Parker as her Deputy Mayor of Uxbridge.

In the following year Mrs Dubberley was involved in the early Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) march from Uxbridge to Yiewsley in April 1958. CND was launched with a massive public meeting in London in February 1958. Shortly afterwards at Easter the first Aldermaston March was held, which went through Uxbridge and Hayes.

Dickie Bond labelled the Dubberley's as both great assets to the Labour Movement in Uxbridge, he also recalled that their daughter May was still living local in the nineteen eighties, and was a regular contributor to the Miners welfare during the 1984-85 strike.

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT 1958

The first London to Aldemaston march was held on the 31st March 1958.

The Uxbridge Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was established at a meeting at St Andrew's Hall in May 1958.

The Uxbridge CND officer elected officers for 1958 being Chairman: Rev K.J. M. Boggis
Secretary: R. Armstrong
Treasurer Mr Wakefield
Committee: Rev H. Booth, Mr Smith, Mr Stanford-Francis, Mr Cox, Mr Lockton, Mr Wells, Mrs Cooley, Mrs Stack, Mrs Goodwin and Mrs Ellis (must be Peter Smith)

MORE H-BOMB PROTESTS POLICE QUIZ STUDENT WHO LOBBIED M.P's

Mr Robin Fior, the Harefield student barrister, who has stood for Uxbridge Council on behalf of the Labour Party, was one of five students questioned by Scotland Yard men on Tuesday 20th May 1958, when leaflets headed "Official Secrets" were distributed at the House of Commons during the lobbying against the H-Bomb.

The leaflets were a reprint of an article which recently appeared in the Oxford University magazine "Isis" which is the subject of a prosecution under the Official Secrets Act. MrRobin Fior, who was taken first to Cannon-row Police Station and then to Scotland Yard, said he was a member of the organising committee of the mass lobby.

Other members of the Uxbridge nuclear disarmament campaign committee, were among the 3,000 people who lobbied against the H-bomb yesterday.

The Rev. K. J. M. Boggis chairman of the Uxbridge committee, was to have joined the group of Anglican clergy who paraded from St. Martin's in-the-Fields to the Cenotaph, but he arrived too late to Join the procession.

Middlesex Advertiser Friday 23rd May 1958

CND nationally had been established on 17th February 1958.



MARY TYSON

Mary Tyson was a Yorkshire women who moved to Hayes in 1948. Mary Tyson and her husband took part in the first Aldermaston march in 1958.

By 1961 Mrs Mary Tyson had established Hayes & Harlington CND in November 1961 (Mr Tyson was secretary of Hayes & Harlington CND




"The number of young people supporting the cause is gratifying"..."contrary to the public image, these are not a lot of long-haired beatniks looking for a way in which to make themselves conspicuous. They are young and hopeful that they can safeguard their future by bringing about the discontinuation of tests and ceasing of Britain to hold nuclear arms at all"


Hayes & Harlington CND meetings are held weekly at Townfiels School, Hayes

They send representatives to places all over the country to attend other demonstrations such as at Holy Loch (Scotland) earlier this year

Mary Tyson with Joyce Miller established a group for women called Hayes Women for Peace and Mrs Tyson was picked to attend as a delegate to the World Disarmament Congress in Moscow. The group even made a record at EMI with a message of friendship to a similar group in a Soviet town with which it is hoped to set up a link

It is hoped to get as many women in Hayes as possible to send a postcard to Mr MacMillan (Prime Minister) to arrive on the same morning.

Mrs Mary Tyson teaches part time at Hammersmith County Girls School, teaching fifteen and sixteen year olds, she has two sons of her own aged 14 and 10.

The little wife who stays at home glued to her sink is a popular Image, and although there are more and more women shading their aprons to take a vital and important part in social and national problems, there are not enough prepared to take on the responsibilities they should.

But Mrs. Tyson does not belong to this group, she is one of the rare women who have sincere and positive beliefs and acts upon them. She is prepared to travel as our representative and to act as an informal ambassador to other women fighting for their children's future. In the cause of world peace. There must be many in Hayes like me who wish her every success and are thankful for her leadership and initiative."

Hayes Chronicle 15th September 1962

Hayes & Harlington CND part of West Middlesex CND
organised march from the Grapes, Hayes to Ealing Green September 1962
Prof A.C. Offord

NOTE
Robin Fior, I believe this is the famous Harrow school educated designer, who designed CND posters, was a supporter of the Committee of 100 (split from CND) was involved in design work on the radical paper "Black Dwarf May 1968 and 1972 and later moved to Portugal (after the Revolution)

Hillingdon Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

Secretary: Pat Abraham, Waterloo Road, Uxbridge
Chairperson: Betty Burns, West Mead, South Ruislip
Treasurer: Win Banger The Croft South Ruislip

Uxbridge Group: O'Leary
Ruislip: Betty Burns

established around late 1981 early 1982

In 1982 The Police stopped CND having a bookstall in Uxbridge claiming "obstruction" and the refusal of the Conservative Council to give permission

Hillingdon CND spent time targetting support for Greenham common.


Forty women marched from Cardiff on 27th august 1981 across Britain and then on to Greenhamth August 1981 and ended at Greenham Common on 5th September 1981. The American site had been selected as it was the first site for Cruise Missiles in Europe. The Peace camp closed in 2000

Mary Richardson - Peace Activist - Hayes

Mary Richardson - Peace Movement

Mary Richardson of 37 Rectory Way, Hayes, devoted her life to the Peace movement in West London

Her Husband Wally Richardson devoted all their spare time to Peace movement. particularly Greenham Common and together they set up Greenham Support Fund, through Hillingdon CND

Also took part in the occupation/work in of Hayes Cottage Hospital
Mary Richardson's funeral was held at Botwell Church, Botwell Lane, Hayes


As I recall Mary and Wally died within days of each other, well respected by the Labour Movement. Peter Fagan and many other Labour Councillors attended the funeral

date cirac 1986/1987

any more information welcome