George Formby Fighting Fascism During WW2
“It’s Turned Out Nice Again”
(Formby also refused to play segregated audiences during a tour of South Africa and was finally expelled from South Africa…Read more…
Yank Tanks – Trains of US Military in UK during WW2
American built “Yank tanks” trains at Southampton Docks
used to move around US Army equipment and soldiers during WW2Read more…
Air Gunner J. A. Clough (KIA) – The Stench of Nazism WW2
Middlesex Civil Defence ARP – Wembley 1942
Middlesex Civil Defence – Wembley Stadium 18th October 1942
“March Past”
Hurbert Morrison and Eileen Wilkinson MPRead more…
International Brigaders Pledge to Fight Nazi Germany August 1939
Brigaders will fight fascismThe men of the International Brigade, Britons who fought for peace and democracy in Spain, applied himself to continue the struggle against fascist aggression. A statement…Read more…
CPGB Speakers – Meetings – Meeting places September 1939
Communist Party of Great Britain speakers, meetings and meeting places for September 1939 (soon after the beginning of WW2) published in the Daily Worker
Weekend 30th September 1939 and Sunday 31st…Read more…
Pollitt – If War Should Come – DW August 1939
Harry PollittIf war should come
Daily Worker, Monday, August 28, 1939
“The
Communist Party, with the help of the sound core of the Labour movement
must now rouse people to bring about the…Read more…
Women Shipbuilders WW2
Women shipbuilders in the North East WW2Read more…
WW2 Soldiers on the London Underground
WW2 Soldiers on the London Underground Read more…
Pension loss for war grave staff scandal
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is to slash the pensions of staff who tend the cemeteries of the war dead. The CWGC is pressing ahead to break the final salary linkage for the…Read more…