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Brice Phil

Phil Brice Born in Cardiff in 1928, Brice never lost his Welsh accent, although he moved to Plymouth aged 13. He was apprenticed as a carpenter and worked on wartime sites in Plymouth and Portsmouth, […]

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Brown Alan

Alan Brown Alan Brown was one of three East End of London brothers who put their talents at the disposal of the Morning Star and its predecessor the Daily Worker. His brothers were Frank (see […]

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Brown Nora & E R

 Nora and E R Brown   Brown was dismissed from Blackburn Grammar School, as he put it in `The New Leader’ of 23rd July 1926, “simply for being a Communist. A few months ago a […]

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Bowman Aubrey

Aubrey Bowman Bowman was born in Bournemouth on 16 May 1918, being born there rather than London since his parents wanted to be away from the threat of Zeppelin bombs. Subsequently, Aubrey’s father ran various […]

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Bordoli Norman

Norman Bordoli   Born on 12th Apr 1923, Norman Bordoli went to Gateway School and during the war was a telegraphist, serving on motor torpedo boats. He was a knitter in the hosiery trade and […]

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Bartlett Ruth

Ruth Bartlett Born Ruth Dunlap Bartlett in 1921 to a wealthy New York family who developed heating systems, her mother Helen and brother Francis – a psychiatrist and union organiser – used their inherited wealth […]

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Barrow Mollie Dr

Dr Mollie Barrow Dr Mary (always known as Mollie) Barrow from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, was born Mollie was born on 31 January 1908.  She married solicitor, George Corbyn Barrow, born in September 1903, and for much of […]

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Bagley Roger

Roger Bagley Born in 1944, Roger was 14 years old when he bought his first Daily Worker at a CND demonstration in Trafalgar Square and became a regular reader a year later. He joined the […]

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Borman Barney

Barney Borman   One of the crop of mid-20th century East End Communist councillors, many of whom were Jewish, Barney Borman (pictured left with Nikita Khruschev in the 1950s) was born as Bar Kochba Borgomolny. […]