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O’Hare Dan Cllr (and the Vale of Leven)
Dan O’Hare One of the outstanding figures during the 20th century in the Vale of Leven (see below for more detail on the Vale) was Dan O’Hare. He was a man of many parts: […]
Month: September 2010
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Jones Mervyn
Mervyn Jones One of four children, Mervyn Jones was born 27th February 1922in Londonto a comfortable upbringing. His father was Ernest Jones, the chief administrator, biographer, and chief supporter of Sigmund Freud. He was instrumental […]
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Ellis Ernie
Ernie Ellis Ernie Ellis was a 19 year old Young Communist League (YCL) member from Walthamstow (London) who died during the Second World War, serving as a part-time ARP Warden. It was said that he took […]
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Kane Johnny Cllr
Councillor Johnny Kane Johnny Kane was a Communist County councillor for Renton, in the Vale of Leven, from the 1940s until his death in the late 1950s. Described by local history sources as “one […]
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Evans Glyn
Glyn Evans Evans was a Communist Party member and miner who worked for the Labour Research Department in the 1920s. It is believed that he came from Garnant, South Wales. He accompanied miner’s leader […]
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Lamont Willie
Willie (Bill) “Bunger” Lamont Born in 1900 in Renton, Vale of Leven, Communist, Lamont first made a name for himself by allowing himself to be arrested one night while poaching rabbits. This was so […]
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