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John Evan

Evan John   By Darien Jay:  Great Grandson My great-grandfather, Evan David John was born on 15th June 1909, the son of Phillip and Eleanor John (née Davies), in Pontardawe, where he lived his whole […]

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Julius Manny

Manny Julius Manny was born Emmanuel Nadelsticher on 25th May 1912 in Westcliff-on-Sea to Harry and Sophie Julius.  Harry's father's name had been Julius Nadelsticher but he eventually became known as Mr N Julius and […]

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Jeffreys Margot

  A brief biography of Margot Jefferys by Graham Stevenson info@grahamstevenson.me.uk Born as Margaret Davies in Madras, India on 1st November 1916, she started out as an economic historian, graduating in 1938 from the London […]

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Jarvie Bob

  Bob Jarvie  Jarvie was an active Communist Party member in Croydon in the 40s and 50s. He stood for the "working class" constituency of  West Croydon in the 1950 general election. He wrote in World News in late 1949 that: […]

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Jepps Malcolm

Malcolm Jepps   Born in August 1932, Jepps joined the YCL in February 1950. He studied at Stratford and St. Martin's Schools of Art until 1951 and after training began work as a commercial artist. […]

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Jenkins Clive

Clive Jenkins   David Clive Jenkinswas born on 2 May 1926 at Port Talbot in south Wales. Having left school at the age of fourteen to work in a metallurgical test house, he became a […]

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Jump Jimmy

 Jimmy R Jump   Born on 24th August 1916 as James R Jump, the young Jimmy Jump went to Wallasey Grammar School on the Wirral.   After school he became a reporter on the Wallasey Chronicle, […]

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Jerrom George

George Jerrom   An executive committee member of the National Graphical Association, Jerrom was associated with the Communist Party’s Print Advisory Committee for many years.   In the early 1980s, he was a national officer […]

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Jacks Digby

 Digby Jacks  Born 16th May 1945, Jacks was the son of a building surveyor. He grew up in Charlton, south-east London and read biology at King's College London. He then studied at the Institute of […]

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Jones David Ivon

David Ivon Jones   D I Jones was born in 1883 in Aberystwyth, Wales. Jones was orphaned as a young child and brought up by his grandparents, but his grandmother also died when he was […]