Definitely off message but today Gill and I went for a linear walk from White Notley station to Witham station (Essex). It was a walk in an old booklet I found on my shelf called “Off the Beaten Track – 20 Rambles in Rural Essex” by Great Eastern Railw…Read more…
Jack Shingfield – Workers Union
Jack Shingfield
Workers Union – Eastern Counties
William John Shingfield (known as Jack) was the son of an agricultural labourer and member of Joseph Arch’s Agricultural labourers union in Suffolk.
Shingfield became a footman, but his skills in or…Read more…
Jack Shingfield – Workers Union
Jack Shingfield
Workers Union – Eastern Counties
William John Shingfield (known as Jack) was the son of an agricultural labourer and member of Joseph Arch’s Agricultural labourers union in Suffolk.
Shingfield became a footman, but his skills in or…Read more…
Miss Florence Saward – Workers Union
Florence Saward (centre of picture) was the daughter of an agricultural labourer from Braintree, Essex
Saward became a Workers Union organiser in Essex and Suffolk around 1913 and as the Chelmsford Chronicle stated (10 December 1938) “came to…Read more…
UNISON mounts campaign to save jobs at academies in Essex
140 jobs under threat at six schools in Harlow will put ‘the quality of children’s education at risk’ warns union
The article UNISON mounts campaign to save jobs at academies in Essex first appeared…Read more…
UNISON condemns plan to slash Essex police service
Essex police force unveils plan to axe PCSOs and close stations in the county
The article UNISON condemns plan to slash Essex police service first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…