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Smallbone Ted

September 20, 2008 admin 0

Ted Smallbone Born in 1909, Ted worked at Cadbury’s from 1923-1935, where he was a TGWU member. Smallbone was widely thought to have been sent to Moscow “on trade union work” by the local Party […]

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Smith Ted

September 20, 2008 admin 0

Ted Smith Ted Smith was born in 1914 in Hampstead. A retired electrician he recalled his time in the International Brigade when interviewed in 1996:   “All my family were Communists. When people were beginning […]

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Baker Ted

September 19, 2008 admin 0

Ted Baker Born into a socialist background in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, Ted’s father was a victim of the Boer War, finding shoe making the only outlet for his war disabilities. Ted began working life 1922 […]

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Brake Ted

December 13, 2008 admin 0

Born Edward Ernest Brake on May 15th 913, near Malvern, he left school at 14 to become an apprentice at a local garage. He joined the National Union of Coppersmiths, Braziers and Sheet Metal Workers […]

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Bramley Ted

September 19, 2008 admin 0

Ted Bramley’s father had been an SDF supporter as a young man and was present in Trafalgar Square at the infamous Bloody Sunday demonstration in 1886. His mother was involved in the women’s suffrage movement, […]