
Alf


Corum Alf & Evelyn
Alf Corum Born in 1890, Alf Corum was from a musical family, although his father (also Alfred) was a bookseller’s assistant. His mother’s father had been the assistant stage manager at Drury Lane Theatre and […]

Williams Gwyn Alf
Gwyn Alf Williams Born in Dowlais on 30th September 1925, Gwyn Alf (as he was known, to distinguish him from several other eminent Welshmen with similar names) saw himself as "a people's remembrancer", […]

Purcell A A (Alf)
A A (Alf) Purcell Albert Arthur Purcell, universally known to the labour movement and to history as “A A Purcell” and to his friends as “Alf”, was possibly born in London in 1872. An early […]


Salisbury Alf
Alf Salisbury Alf Salisbury (far left) demonstrating in Stepney in 1936 Alf was born to Latvian Jewish immigrant parents in 1909, one of ten children. He left school at 14 years of age and […]

Maunders Alf
Alf Maunders Born in Peckham in 1908, Alf joined the Communist Party in its founding years. He was a local organiser of the National Unemployed Workers Movement and a comrade of Wally Hannington. Amongst many […]