Morrie Blaston
Maurice, or Morrie to all and sundry, Blaston was a life-long Communist and a leader of the tailor and garment workers, awarded the TUC Gold Badge for services top trades unionism.
He was an elected Communist councillor for Hackney from 1948 to 1956 and died in 1987, aged 88.
Source: Morning Star 3rd February 1987
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