Monday, October 17, 2016
United Order of General Labourers of London - Union Banner 1912
United Order of General Labourers of London (U.O.G.L.),
Union Banner 1912
Union established 1878
One of the original London Dock workers Unions
Central painting a depiction of of London Bridge
Later amalgamated into the Transport and General Workers Union in 1924
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Labour MP Acton - Joseph Sparks
Joseph Sparks born Tiverton Devon 1901
Election agent Barnstaple 1923 and Taunton 1924
Moved to London and worked as a clerk at Paddington Station in the employ of the Great western Railway
Secretary of the South Kensington Labour Party. He entered local politics at Acton and was a member of both Acton Borough Council and Middlesex County Council. He was Mayor of Acton in 1957-58. he was also President of the London Region of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR)
Secretary of the South Kensington Labour Party. He entered local politics at Acton and was a member of both Acton Borough Council and Middlesex County Council. He was Mayor of Acton in 1957-58. he was also President of the London Region of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR)
Paddington NUR
He made three unsuccessful attempts to enter the Commons, standing at Taunton in 1929 and Chelmsford in 1931 and Buckingham in 1935
Elected MP for Acton 1945
Labels:
Acton,
Joseph Sparks MP,
National Union of Railwaymen,
NUR,
Paddington
Social Democratic Party Banner - Karl Marx
Social Democratic Party banner
Not Only
The Right To Work
But The
Right To Leisure
This SDP banner seems to have a portrait of Karl Marx in the centre, if so this would surely be the earliest representations of Marx on a British banner
London Carmens Trade Union Banner 1912
Bethnal Green Carmens Trade Union banner No 22
"All Workers Have A Right To Live Well"
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