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Encyclopedia of Communist Biographies
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MacCullough G(eorge)
G. MacCullough A railwayman from Lillie Bridge, West Brompton who, during World War Two, as a shop steward, organised 100% trade unionism in his depot and a higher output of tanks. MacCullough was awarded the […]
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Bright Frank
Frank Bright Frank Bright was born on 20th February 1891 in Bideford, North Devon; his father was a blacksmith, one Charles Bright of Llandaff House, Clovelly Road, Bideford. In his younger days in Bideford, Bright […]
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MacColl Ewan
Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl was born Jimmie Miller in Salford, Lancashire, in 1915. His father, William Miller, was an iron-moulder, militant trade-unionist and communist who had left his native Stirlingshire in his mid-twenties. His mother, […]
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Branson Noreen
Noreen Branson Born Noreen Browne in London on May 16th 1910, the daughter of the Earl of Sligo, an army officer killed in First World War. Her mother also died in the same period, so […]
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Branson Clive
Clive Branson Clive Branson was born in 1907. He became a skilled painter and studied at the Slade School of Art. At the age of 23 he exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy. He joined […]
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Batter Eric
Eric Batter Born in 1917, Batter was a Communist activist in Exeter until 1945. He then went to Plymouth, where he was associated with the Party’s `People’s Centre’ bookshop in Wimple Street. Later, he resided […]
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Bramley Ted
Ted Bramley’s father had been an SDF supporter as a young man and was present in Trafalgar Square at the infamous Bloody Sunday demonstration in 1886. His mother was involved in the women’s suffrage movement, […]
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Bradsworth Colin (Dr)
Dr Colin Bradsworth Dr Colin Charles Bradsworth (pic left – back row centre, Bradsworth in Spain) was a member of the once famous Clarion Cycling Club, which also hosted Clarion Vocal Unions, as well as […]
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Bradshaw Laurence
Lawrence Bradshaw A socialist from his youth, the artist and sculptor, Lawrence Bradshaw joined the Communist Party in the early 1930s and was politically active throughout his life. Bradshaw began his artistic career in the […]