Hillingdon Ambulance Station - Lock-Out 1989-90

Hillingdon Hospital Dispute - pre strike July 1995

Hospital Staff threaten strike over contracts

Workers at Hillingdon Hospital are threatening strike action after being told they will be sacked if they do not agree to work longer hours for less money.

Private contractors Pall Mall Services handed out letters last Friday to about 80 cleaning, cooking and portering staff, threatening them with redundancy if they had not accepted new contracts by 30th September 1995.

UNISON representative, Cllr Len Smith, a  porter at the Hospital said:

"Everyone here is angry and frightened. This is worse than our worst fears of what would happen .

"We we  holding a meeting on July 25th. I should like to think we will go for a strike ballot, but its down to the members."

The sack threat follows three months of pressure on staff to sign up for reduced   pay and conditions.

These are different from the ones legally guaranteed under employment law when the services were transferred to the Pall Mall company in October 1984

Shift porters on £4.64 an hour are being asked to go down to £4:27. Other staff face losing up to ten days holiday a year.

About 30 workers escaped the ultimatum because they had already signed new contracts and earned one-off bonuses of up to £1,000. 

In a letter to staff the company said the cuts and other changes in working practices were needed so it could "meet contractual requirements".

Cllr Smith said the company had tendered too low to win the contract and wa now trying to "claw back the money from workers.

He also accused the hospital's managers of betraying staff because they have stayed neutral in the dispute.

They promised last yes workers would not suffer under Pall Mall

"Surely the hospital has got to take an interest now because they were the ones who sold us down the river"

Hospital chief executive Philip Brown, denied he had misled staff when he told them last July conditions under the private contractors would be "no less favorable than currently enjoyed"

But he admitted he had known it was always likely the company would try to make changes about a year after it took on the workers from the hospital.

He refused to become involved in the dispute even though Pall mall had not consulted him before making the redundancy threat. Pall Mall declined to comment.


Uxbridge Gazette 12th July 1995




Hillingdon Hospital Cleaners strike 1st October 1995 to 29th October 2000

Brothers Ernest & George White - Killed Together at Vimy Ridge April 1917

CANADIAN BROTHERS KILLED ON SAME DAY AT VIMY RIDGE

Ernest and George White, sons of Samuel George and Emily White 20 Lawn Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. both 10th Company 4th Battalion Canadian Machine Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force, killed on the attack on Vimy Ridge 11th April 1917.

All four White sons enlisted at Calgary in 1914, Ernest and George were "killed side by side in the line at Vimy Ridge".

A surviving Brother (Harry White) became a stationmaster in Ottawa and another brother lived in Vancouver, while a sister remained in England.

Tragedy hit the family again when the youngest brother (fifth) was killed in World War II

On retirement in 1956, Harry White of 63 Sweetland Avenue travelled to visit his remaining brother in Vancouver and his sister in England.

William (Walter?) Ernest White (age 20) Canadian cemetary No2 Neuville St Vaast born 18 July 1896 Killed 11 April 1917 Vimy Ridge

William George White (age 33) Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery Neuville St Vaast born 27 January 1884 killed Vimy Ridge 11 April 1917

Herbert Samuel White

born 18 August 1888 Buckinghamshire, england

died 16 Feb 1962

 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry enlisted May 1915

Buried  Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burnaby, British Columbia

Next of Kin in 1915 Emily White

1527 27th Avenue Calgary Alberta

 

 Herbert Samuel White Original overseas unit 56th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field June 10, 1916. Struck off strength July 2, 1917.
Compassionate discharge after the deaths of his brothers Cpl. William George White (434115) and Pvt. Walter Ernest White (434353) both of 10th Coy. Canadian Machine Gun Corps on April 11, 1917 at Vimy Ridge.  Returned to Canada where first born child (December 25, 1918) was named Patricia after the battalion.  Worked as a mail carrier in Vancouver until retirement.  Died 1962.  Daughter Betty served with the Canadian Army as a nursing sister in England while Son Victor served in Royal Canadian Air Force during second world war.

1919 Clagary Herald WHITE, Geroge and Ernest - In loving memory of George and Ernest White killed in action at

1919-04-09

Vimy Ridge, 9th April 1917 (Poem) Inserted by their loving brother, H.S. White 1622

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Twenty-eighth avenue southwest, Calgary.

Hillingdon Anti Poll Tax Leaflet 1989

Hillingdon Poll Tax Rebels - Remembered 1989

Hillingdon Labour Councillors opposing the Poll Tax 1989

Nine Labour Councillors refused to pay

including

Brian Hudson
Chris Rogers
Jon Davey
Keith Dobson
Michael Walker
Jane Rose
Richard Farrell
Pete James

Hillingdon Asian Councillors

Councillor Prakash Auchombit

The well respected, Prakash Auchombit was the first elected Labour Asian (black) councillor in the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1990 in the old Botwell ward, Hayes.



The first Asian Conservative Councillor had been elected in 1982 Dr Ali Khan (not for a Hayes a ward), However, Dr Khan failed to serve his four year term as according to Private Eye (9.9.1983) because "Dr Ali Khan had been struck off the medical register in January 1983 for imprproper prescription of drugs to addicts".

HILLINGDON TRADES COUNCIL

Rule 14
PROSCRIBED ORGANISATIONS

In no circumstances shall the Council co-operate with or subscribe to funds of the Communist or Fascist parties, or any subsidiary organisation of these parties, or any industrial organisation which has been proscribed by the TUC General Council.

The Council shall refuse to accept the credentials of a delegate from an affiliated branch if the delegate in question is a member of the Communist or Fascist Parties or any subsidiary organisation of these parties, or a member of an organisation proscribed by the TUC.

National Union of County Officers (NUCO) Hillingdon Branch (1940)

Held their annual meeting at the Labour Hall, Hillingdon Heath

Mr G.S. Paget was Chairman

membership was reported as steady, and about 15 members were with the forces

Mr R. Ruttledge NUCO area organiser spoke on unions role in securing the War bonus for the Middlesex County Council.

Officers NUCO Hillingdon are

Chairman Mr G.S. Paget
Secretary: Mr B. Samuel
Branch Comfort Fund Mrs Weeks and Miss K. Fitzgerald
Delegetes to Uxbridge Trades Council were also appointed

New Woman Mayor 1973

Alderman Mrs W. Pomeroy succeeded Labour's Robert John Came as Mayor of the London Borough of Hillingdon

It is the second time Mrs Pomeroy has been Mayor, previously for Uxbridge Urban District Council

Mrs Pomeroy was the second mayor of Hillingdon, the first being the Conservative Alderman Lila Wane in 1968

The new deputy Mayor will be Councillor John Walters, who lives with his wife and six children at Skipton Drive, Hayes

Peter Fagan Election address Hayes 1983

Peter Fagan


General Election, election address 9th June 1983

The Economy:
Major increase in public investment

Eduaction:
Stop School closures
(Townfield, Evelyns and Southbourne)

Housing:
Build more houses

Common Market:
Withdrawl

Labour Party Election headquarters 21 Clayton Road, Hayes (APEX Union Office) 2nd floor

Election Agent Michael Martin

Hillingdon COHSE Branch 1947

Through the courtesy of the Steward, Mr. C. Abel, the Canteen Hall at Hillingdon County Hospital was made available on Monday, May 12th 1947, for the first C.O.H.S.E. meeting of nurses to be held within the hospital. Miss Doris E. Westmacott, S.R.N., S.C.M., National-Woman , Officer, addressed the meeting over which Mr. Wooley, Branch , Committee member, presided in the absence of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

There was a good attendance and the keenness with which those present followed the speaker's able and lucid address was very encouraging. Questions were plentiful arid pointed, and werff ably dealt with. They related chiefly to Rushcliffe recommendations and the new Health Service.

Miss Westmacott also dealt briefly, but objectively, with the function of Trade Unions and tlie part that nurses and all Health Workers can play in C.O.H.S.E;, and the Trade Union Movement through affiliation to the Trades Union Congress.

At the clsoe of the meeting Mr Wooley thanked the speaker, and in reply Miss Doris Westmacott said when she returned in three months she expected an increase in nurse membership, based upon each exsisting nurse member obtaining just over two new members per month.

The Hillingdon County Hospital Nurses are on the job Good Luck to them !

COHSE Journal July 1947

Yiewsley & West Drayton Welsh Choir


Little has been written about the waves of Welsh immigrants to West London, However one can see just from the names of local activities in various groups that the Welsh played a key role in the development of West London and also within the Labour and Trade Union Movement.

Fo many from South wales Hayes and southall was the first London stop on the train, offering jobs all to scarce in their native South Wales.


The Yiewsley & West Drayton Welsh Choir was established by Mr S. catley and made their first public appearance at the Central hall, Yiewsley in April 1936.

Its 26 members being supported by Madame Yones (soprano) of Ealing and Mr T. Rees (baritone) of Iver and Mr T. Weeks (tenor) of Colham green.

Their first song was "Crusader"

NOTE
see first Labour Uxbridge Mayor Tom Parker

Hayes Labour Candidates

1974

London Borough of Hillingdon Council Elections

Alfred John Charles Beck
199 Station Road, Hayes
62 years old, Contracts Manager, member of the Labour Party and Trade union for over thirty years. Offices held include Hayes Labour Party Treasurer, Secretary and delegate to Labour Party conference. Leader of Hayes UDC and London Borough of Hillingdon Chairman of Finance, education and Works. Justice of the Peace 12 years. Member of Hospital management committee.

Elsie “Maggie” Broughton
37 Warley Road, Hayes
former registered nurse, 58 years old. 30 years member of the Labour Party. Belmore ward Secretary and Chair. Hayes Constituency Secretary. Election agent for Middx County Council election. Five years secretary of Co-Op Party and eight years Secretary of Hayes Women’s Co-operative Guild. Labour Councillor Hayes UDC 1963-1965 and London Borough of Hillingdon 1964-1968. Hospital Committee six years. Local Old People’s Welfare Committee. Member of Hayes Trades Council since 1952. Voluntary secretary to Arthur Skeffington MP (born 25th april 1912 Handcross, Crawley, died Hillingdon 21st March 1997)

Robert John Came
40 Hunter’s Grove, Hayes
50 years Old. Member of ASLEF (the train drivers union). Held various posts in the Labour Party. Hayes Labour Party election Agent. Hillingdon borough Labour councillor 1964-1968. S.W. Middlesex Valuation Panel. Hayes G.V. Tenant’s Association, Justice of the Peace

Gwilym Arthur Childs
8, Eighth Avenue, Hayes
50 years shop steward, convenor and Treasurer AEU/F. Former Hayes Constituency Labour Party Secretary. Secretary Labour Group Hayes UDC. Councillor Hayes UDC 1962-1965. London Borough of Hillingdon 1964-1968 and again from 1970 Belmore by-election.

Stanley George Chilton
2 Hughes Road, Hayes
58 years old. Fire/Accident Insurance clerk. Treasurer Hayes Labour Party. Ward Chairman, Trade Union officer (ASTMS) and member of London committee. Hayes UDC 17 years 1947-1962 and 1963-1965. London Borough of Hillingdon four years 1964-1968. West Middlesex Planning Committee eleven years. Chairman of Southall-Hayes Branch of RAF Association. Hillingdon & Ealing War Pensions Committee.

Ossie Garvin
44 Church Road Hayes
58 years. Foreman of EMI Hayes Pattern Shop. Served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of Hayes Labour Party. Ward Chairman and Secretary. TGWU, Trade Union branch Secretary and a member of London District Managing Committee. Eighteen years Councillor Hayes UDC 1950-1965. Hillingdon Borough Alderman 1964-1968. Justice of the Peace. Member of council Tenants Association

Simon Geldberg
43a Station Road, West Drayton
44 years. Costing clerk. Treasurer and literature officer of Hayes Labour Party. Hayes UDC Councillor 1953-1965. Four years Alderman London Borough of Hillingdon. Treasurer of Yiewsley & West Drayton Tenants association. Union APEX.

Kenneth Arthur Gigg
368 Lansbury Drive, Hayes
48 years old. Plastics technologist. Member of ASTMS. London Co-op Political Committee 1959-1962. deputy leader of Ealing Council Labour Group 1954-1957. Chairman of Hayes Labour Party 1964
Chairman Hayes council of Labour 1958-1960. Deputy leader Hillingdon Labour . Combine delegate and local ASTMS committee.

Ronald Williams
368 Yeading Lane, Hayes
45 years old. Draughtsman. Member of DATA union. Political Education Officer Hayes Labour Party 1968-1969. Secretary of London West 1970. Chairman, Secretary of London South branch

Mervyn Charles Wheeler
12 Stormount Drive, Hayes
52 years old. Builders Contracts Manager. Branch Chairman and Secretary. London District delegate, 24 years trade union membership . President of Hayes Labour Party. Fourteen years Councillor Hayes UDC and four years Councillor on Hillingdon, Justice of Peace

Councillor Peter Fagan - Hayes

Peter Fagan

Peter F Fagan

Born Dublin
Educated by the Brothers at Catholic school Shopkeeper, Lansbury Drive, Hayes TGWU member elected to Hillingdon Council in 1973
Superb and very popular Labour Group Leader Labour candidate for Hayes and Harlington
Retired to South West England to run a Garden Centre circa 1988
Tragically died soon after

Blind Hunger March 1936

Blind Hunger Marchers 1936

A contingent of blind people led by G.A. Costance from Swansea marched through Uxbridge, Middlesex in November 1936 to a rally in Hyde Park, to meet other contingents of Blind marchers from other parts of the country including Leeds and Manchester.

Mr G. A. Constance had been an ex elected Councilor for Middlesex County Council between 1928 and 1931 and done much for the blind while on the Council.