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Barnsby George
George Barnsby George J Barnsby was born in Battersea, south London in 1919. His father, also George Barnsby, died of influenza in 1922, when his oldest son, the boy George was three years old – […]
Month: March 2010
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Jones Wally
Wally Jones Jones grew up in Stepney, roaming the back streets and alleys of Wapping. He became a London docker at the Royal Docks, rising to become Chairman of the London Dockers’ Liaison committee. He […]
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Dutson Bill
Bill Dutson William Dutson was born in Clayton, Manchester in 1899; his mother was a tailoress and keen trade unionist, who encouraged her son to read. His father secured a job in Ayrshire, Scotland, then […]
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Eddisford Vic
Vic Eddisford Eddisford was a leading member of the Young Communist League in his youth and came from Manchester. He is pictured here in 1950. He was a long-time full time official for the Communist […]
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Donnelly John
John Donnelly John Joseph Donnelly was one of the most prominent early Communists in Motherwell, Scotland, having joined the Party in April 1921. He was the proposer, agent and key adviser to J T Walton […]
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Darton Patience (m. Edney)
Patience Darton (m. Edney) Patience Darton was born in Orpington on 27th August 1911. Her father was a book publisher whose business went bust when she was a small child. Her mother was from a […]
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Davies Dai Coity
Dai Coity Davies spent his entire life in the mining industry of South Wales, firstly as an underground worker at Wern Tarw (Pencoed), then as a full time official of the Wales area of the […]
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Fenn Micky
Micky Fenn Born on January 11th 1938, Michael Fenn would become of the core group of leading shop stewards in the Royal Group of Docks, which famously had “Arise Ye Workers” emblazoned on its […]
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Killen Jack
Jack Killen A long-term Bradford Communist and activist in the TGWU bus workers branch. Under the rule which became operative in 1950, he was debarred as a member of the Communist Party from holding office […]
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Thompson Frank
Frank Thompson Born in 1920, William "Frank" Thompson’s father was Edward Thompson Senior, a novelist, historian, and particular friend and supporter of an independent India. His younger brother, also Edward, was the well-known socialist historian, […]