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Walker, John Craig Cllr
John Craig Walker Born in 1880, In 1919 Craig Walker was elected as a Labour councillor for the North East Ward of Leeds City Council. He lost in 1922 and was unsuccessful in different wards […]
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O’Donnell Dennis
Dennis O'Donnell Born in 1916, O'Donnell was elected as a Communist councillor for Bilston New Town ward in May 1956. Then living at 3 Rainbow Street Coseley, he was an active member of the […]
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Gibson Les
Les Gibson Gibson was born in Fulham in September, 1913 and left school at 14, in 1927, and for the next seven years he prepared wild fowl in a department store, Barkers of Kensington, where […]
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Deakin Joe
Joe Deakin Joseph Thomas Deakin was born on August 11th, 1858 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, the son of Charles, a blacksmith, and Marie, nee Middleton. He left school at the age of 12 to work for […]
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Barbour James Cllr
James Barbour James Barbour was born around 1893 and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War. He was first elected as a Communist Councillor in Perth, Scotland, in 1928. Having […]