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Dutson Bill

Bill Dutson William Dutson was born in Clayton, Manchester in 1899; his mother was a tailoress and keen trade unionist, who encouraged her son to read. His father secured a job in Ayrshire, Scotland, then […]

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Watson Bill

Bill Watson Bill Watson was born in Irlam in 1944 to a working-class family. His father worked as a bricklayer and his mother worked on a farm as well as in munitions factories during the […]

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Smart Bill

Bill Smart   Smart was a builders’ trade union activist and a leading figure in the Young Communist League (YCL) in the late 1950s.   He was a key speaker, along with engineers’ leader Claude […]

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Hicks Bill

  Bill Hicks Hicks was President of the Civil Service Clerical Association (CSCA) in 1947-1948. He joined the Communist Party during his presidency because, as he put it, he "found himself almost always voting on […]

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Alexander Bill

                    Bill Alexander                    Bill Alexander pictured in his youth, in Spain   Bill Alexander was born one of seven […]

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Gee Bill

Bill Gee William Gee, was born in Northampton in 1869 and worked there as a newspaper boy and later in a boot factory. Interest in the Bradlaugh case led him to politics and subsequently to […]

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Gee Bill

Bill Gee William Gee, was born in Northampton in 1869 and worked there as a newspaper boy and later in a boot factory. Interest in the Bradlaugh case led him to politics and subsequently to […]

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Loch Bill

Bill Loch A stalwart campaigner for the Daily Worker and Morning Star in West Lothian, Bill Loch was a veteran Communist who could be seen on his newspaper round until his death at the age […]

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Campbell Bill

Bill Campbell Bill Campbell was the son of J R Campbell, an iconic figure in the British Communist Party. As a teenager at the height of the depression, Bill Campbell left Britain and took a […]

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Andrews Bill

Bill Andrews W H Andrews was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party in South Africa. But he was born in Suffolk in 1870 into a working-class family and was a member of the […]