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Gibson Les
Les Gibson Gibson was born in Fulham in September, 1913 and left school at 14, in 1927, and for the next seven years he prepared wild fowl in a department store, Barkers of Kensington, where […]
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Stannard Les
Les Stannard Lesley Francis Stannard was born on 7th August 1919 in Deptford. He joined the Co-operative movement’s “Comrades Circle” (a kind of less edgy alternative to the Woodcraft Folk) at the age of […]
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Thompson Les
Les Thompson Born in Jarrow, Thompson was a submariner in World War Two, escorting Soviet shipping convoys to Murmansk. A life-long Communist, he was an active trades unionist in the post-war period, becoming AEU […]
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Cannon Les
Les Cannon Born in 1920, Les Cannon was an activist of the Communist Party from his youth as an apprentice electrician but became the most vicious anti-Communist of the late 1950s and 1960s. […]
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Warhurst Les
Les Warhurst Warhurst was a Hull TGWU dockers’ leader and Hull Communist Party member in the 50s and 60s. Like many other Hull dockers, he joined the Blue Union ( National Amalgamated Stevedores & […]
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Gibson Les
Les Gibson Leslie Charles Gibson was born in London on the 13th September 1913. He worked as a poulterer, then as a milk roundsman. He joined the Young Communist League (YCL) and became a well […]
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Dennison Les
Les Dennison Born as an illegitmate baby in London on 19th June 1915 as Leslie Wiilet Brannen. He never knew his wealthy father who lived in Mayfair. When he was six months old, his mother […]
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Walkey Les
Les Walkey Shropshire National Agricultural Workers Union activist, being branch secretary of three branches and a life long Communist party member. Walkey was a long-standing member of Shrewsbury Trades Council Executive. A leading light […]
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Fulton Les
Les Fulton Resident in Kirkcaldy, Fulton was a leading figure in Fife teacher’s union activities. He was a national executive member of the Educational Institute of Scotland from 1976. He was EIS national president in […]