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Matthews Joseph
Joseph Matthews Born in 1895, Matthews joined the Communist Party in 1920. In the post second war era, he was an activist in the Worthing branch in the Sussex district of the Party. […]
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Matthews Albert
Albert Matthews A Rochdale Communist who had a pamphlet about him written by Mick Jenkins (see separate entry). He is possibly the Communist who stood in Wardlesworth West ward, Rochdale in November 1932 […]
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Matthews George
George Lloyd Matthews Born January 24th 1917, he came from a well to do farming family in Sandy, Bedfordshire. His father, who owned a 500 acre farm and market garden, was a staunch Methodist and […]
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Matthews Doug
Doug Matthews National Agricultural Workers Union activist and life-long member of the Communist Party, Matthews was a strong supporter of the Communist rural journal `Country Standard’. Matthews was active in Biggleswade Trades Council, a Bedfordshire […]
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Matthews Betty
Betty Matthews Pictured left in a mock-peasant costume in a 1980s poll tax demo Born Elizabeth Lynette on March 14th 1914 in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) to an Australian farmer father and Scottish teacher mother, she […]