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Leonard Tilsley – Stalybridge’s noted socialist councillor and World War One...
In this article, Leonard and Gertie Tilsley are recollected by their grand-daughter Lesley Wade, interviewed by Aidan Jolly: Leonard & Gertrude Tilsley, 1921 “My name is Lesley Wade, I’m a Lecturer...
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The 1842 Strike, Part 1
In the summer of 1842 a great wave of strikes engulfed Lancashire and Yorkshire. The wave began in the Staffordshire coalfield in July when the miners went on strike for fewer hours and more pay. They...
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The 1842 Strike, Part II
This article continues the history of the 1842 Strike begun on this page. Thursday 11 August At 6.30am a crowd of over 10,000, many of whom, it was noted, were women, assembled in Granby Row Fields....
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