Violet Lansbury (Dutt) Violet was born in the Seven Kings area of London on 4th December 1900, the last of twelve children fathered by George Lansbury, the Labour politician, who was leader of the Labour Party from 1931-1935 […]
Dave Langford Dave Langford was the secretary of the Communist Party in Hayes, West Middlesex in the late 1970s. He was a lecturer and a member of ASTMS and Association of University Teachers […]
Terry Lynskey When he stood for the Communist Party as a candidate in the Thorne Ward for the Urban District Council in 1964, Lynskey was 27 years of age. He was born in Moorends and […]
John Lyons John Lyons took part in the 1926 general strike as a brass turner and finisher in railway manufacturing at Cowlairs in Springburn, near Glasgow. He chaired the AEU’s youth fellowship in 1927. Having […]
Harry Ludlow Ludlow worked 20 years for the Lincoln Corporation Electricity Department. He was elected the Electrical Trade Union’s shop steward in 1930 and became the Secretary of Lincoln District Engineering Shop Stewards’ Federation and […]
Kay Loosen An activist in the Clerks Union [later APEX], she became involved in its political work and also worked in the London Trades Council offices with Julius (Julie) Jacobs. Kay Loosen then worked for […]
Diana Loeser Born Diana Farr, in Birmingham, she became involved in left-wing politics as a student at the Coventry College of Education. A �life-loving, madcap sort of girl�, she threw herself into the struggle for […]
Sabine Loeffler Born Sabine Kuczynski on December 2nd 1919 in Berlin, her father was Robert Kuczynski, an academic who was forced to flee Germany in 1933. His wife, Bertha, and two children Sabine and her elder sister […]
A L (Bert) Lloyd Bert Lloyd’s 1944 history of the evolution of English folk song from the 14th century to the 20th, `The Singing Englishman’, which evolved into his `Folk Song in England’ (1967), has rightly […]
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