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Nicolson Jock
Jock Nicolson Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1921, the son of a watchmaker who, having fought in Africa, became a railway worker, Jock Nicolson was one of five children. Leaving school at the age […]
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Communist history
No wonder we were all rebels: Jock Kane – oral history
“No wonder we were all rebels- an oral history” by Jock Kane, with Betty Kane The posthumous autobiography of a great Yorkshire miners’ leader, born in Scotland of Irish parents. Published, with the minimum […]
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Gibson Jock
Jock Gibson Born in 1908, although a Scotsman in origins, Jock Gibson was a long-standing Communist of note in Coventry engineering industry. He was Coventry Trades Council President from 1934-36. The holder of the TUC Tolpuddle […]
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Leishman Jock
Jock Leishman Born in 1904, Leishman was by origin a Scottish Communist but lived for much of his later life in Birmingham. He was one of the legendary breed of Communists in the 1930s, which […]
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Shanley Jock
Jock Shanley Born in 1903 in Aberdeen, he was educated at Ruskin College and the Central Labour College. Before the Second World War, he was general secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Upholsterers. After the war, with Bob […]
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Smith Jock
Jock Smith Jock Smith worked for the Clydebank local education authority and was active in the Transport and General Workers Union throughout his working life. He worked for the Communist Party full-time for a […]