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“Blwyddyn Newydd Dda” and “Happy New Year 2022”. Boris “promised” a better Christmas than last year. Not for Gill and I since we were both stuck indoors with Covid.
Hopefully 2022 will be better.
Picture from my favourite walk of 2021,when I…Read more…
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Owen Matthews knows the Soviet Union. First of all, he was born in Leningrad. He went on to become a journalist there, serving as Newsweek’s Moscow correspondent for years. He wrote an excellent…Read more…
If you’re looking for a short book about the 1921 rebellion of the Kronstadt sailors against the Bolshevik dictatorship, this is not a bad place to start. Written from an activist rather than an…Read more…
(Housing matters in Newham. Especially the Private Rental Sector. Take part in this really important consultation and let us try and keep and even extend the existing safeguards in Newham). Renewal of private rented property licensing scheme…Read more…
I’LL MISS YOU, OLD GIRL Pte. Leonard Spencer of 13th Londons has one last spin on his Douglas motorcycle before heading off to the Western…Read more…
Edward Robertshaw Hartley
(25 May 1855 – 18 January 1918)
Born: Bradford Buried: Bethel Chapel – Shelf – Calderdale – Yorkshire Wife: Mary Jane Thrippleton
“Fellowship Is Life”
Clarion Van speaker Clarion Cycling Clario…Read more…
Clarion Field ClubsEstablished in 1895 by Harry Lowerison 1863-1935 founder and organiser.
The Clarion Field Clubs were part of the wider Clarion Movements attempt to encourage a knowledge of nature and wildlife
Great Wilbraham TGWU Agricultural section union branch Frederick Lewington Died December 1930Died of WW1 injuries
Branch established 1924 Cambridgeshire Ely Cambridge
Barnstable Dockers (North Devon) December 1926TGWU Union
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
“Rogue squirrel bites 18 residents of Welsh town in bloodthirsty rampage – locals hide away”Hat tip ExpressRead more…
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
My self-isolation according to the NHS Covid app finished 23.59 yesterday. I double checked with this Lateral Flow Test (LFT) this morning which was negative. Previous tests had been positive. It was all a little confusing since NHS Track & Trace t…Read more…
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Facebook reminded me to day that 8 years ago I had posted on a Festive Christmas Quiz on the website “Facing Reality” which described itself as a “Satirical view from the left”. The site has stopped publishing since 2015 which is a shame si…Read more…
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Check out and update your personal and work details at https://www.unison.org.uk/my-unison/.
I have members complaining that they never hear anything from UNISON but when you check we have out of date email addresses, addresses and phone nu…Read more…
Fulbourn branch of the National Asylum Workers Union (Cambridgeshire) established 14 May 1918 with 70 members
President: A. J. Case Vice President H. Coe
Secretary: G. Turner
Treasurer: A. F Minnett
Committee
MessrsW P Fox, …Read more…