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“West Ham’s Labour Council which ran West Ham Mental Hospital (Goodmayes) an…Read more…
West Ham Poor Law – May Day 1933
A great bit of local Labour movement history. I believe this is from a NUPE publication (one of the predator unions that formed UNISON) archives dated 1933.
The NUPE branch took up the issue of “wardsmaids” employed at Whipps Cross Hospital with…Read more…
West Ham Tenants Handbook 1962
Hat tip for fantastic pictures of West Ham Council housing in 1962 to @Londonnurse2015 & @lccmunicipal. Capel Point is across the road from me and Church Street is in my West Ham Council ward.
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Socialist & Labour West Ham Cllr George Coe 1870-1910 “He tried to leave the world a little better than he found it”
During the summer I had a wonderful email from Plaistow resident and local historian, Alan Regin, connected to a post I wrote on this blog following the general election in 2015.
On election day 2015 an UNISON colleague of mine was acting …Read more…