Saturday, February 23, 2013

Walter Tull - 17th Middx Regt (Football Battalion) Bolton Octagon Theatre

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Walter Tull - 17th Middlesex Regt - 1st Football Battalion Following the extraordinary success of War Horse , the novel by Michael Mor...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Shop Workers Against Fascism

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The onset in 1930 of the severest recession  the world had ever  known made 20 per cent of Britain's workers unemployed.   The town o...

Annie Tynan - Shop Workers Union Pioneer

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 Annie Tynan was appointed the Shop Workers Union NAUSAW&C's (now USDAW) first woman organiser in 1911. Surprisingly she didn'...

Mabel Talbot - Shop Workers Union Pioneer

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Mabel Talbot became the Shop workers union (NAUSAW&C's now USDAW) President in 1920, the first woman to hold the position in the U...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

London Labour Sparrow

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The Labour Party in London used the London "Cockney " sparrow widely on its campaigning materials in the early 1980's. O...

Labour Red Rose Poster 1986

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Unity Theatre - Mobile Unit - 1954 (The People's Theatre)

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Unity Theatre Mobile unit By Ann Shure World N ews 20th February 1954 The telephone rang early one Saturday morning, "The coach leave...
Sunday, February 03, 2013

Oakfield Co-operative Football & Baseball Clubs 1926-1927

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Oakfield Co-operative Football & Baseball Clubs 1926-1927 Back Row P. Pearson (Trainer)  W. Anderson (Asst Sec)  G. Cooper  ...
Saturday, February 02, 2013

Stalingrad 1943 - Hero City - 70 Years 1943-2013 - We Remember

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The 70th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army over the fascist forces (German, Italy, Romanian, Hugary, Croatian)  at Stalingrad - ...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

St Bernards (Southall) Union Activist - Dan Moriarty

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DAN MORIARTY NEC Member Dan Moriarty (St Bern ards - Southall) was one of the most popular and respected members of the COHSE health...

HMV - Hayes - The Workers Voice

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GENERAL UNIONS COME TO HAYES "Not his masters voice, but the workers voice" THE Nationa AMALGAMATED UNION OF LABOUR (NAUL) ...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Caroline Martyn - Pioneering Woman & Clarion Van Speaker

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THE DUNDEE grave of a leading female trade unionist, who died on visit to the city over a hun...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013

May Day - London 1973 - "Stop the Pay Freeze"

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Dateline:...... May Day, London 1973 London saw its biggest and most united demonstration since the war as over 20,000 people marched ...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Winston Churchill Defeat 1922

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Never forget Winstin Churchill the man who was responsible for the massacre at Gallopili in WW1, Supporter of the unjustifiable Boer War...
Saturday, December 08, 2012

Early Socialist Slide

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Early socialist slide -  Liberty, Progress and Socialism slaying Capitalism. Looks like Social Democratic Federation ? early 1900...

Labour Party Fiftieth Anniversary Certificate - 1950

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  " The foundation of a true Socialist Society must be laid in the hearts & minds of men and women. Socialists will be judge...

WI Sharp Shooters - WW2

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WI or Women's Co-operative Guild in WW2 ok maybe not but still another rare picture of British women in  WW2 with guns or maybe a ...