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PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO MR BOARDMAN AND TRADE UNIONS

Catalogue reference: 1238

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This record is about the PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO MR BOARDMAN AND TRADE UNIONS dating from 1936 - 1962.

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Reference
1238
Title
PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO MR BOARDMAN AND TRADE UNIONS
Date
1936 - 1962
Related material

<p>See also deposit no.1280.</p>

Held by
Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Boardman, Joe, fl 1981, of Walkden, Manchester</persname>
Physical description
11 PHOTOGRAPHS
Administrative / biographical background

Mr. Boardman was secretary of the Bolton and Walkden branches from c.1945 - 1974., working full-time for the union. He grew up in Leeds, where his father was a glue-boiler and his mother a seamstress. He found work at a Jewish tailors as a measure cutter and eventual ended up working for Barton's new factory in Walkden. He was a shop steward there, head shop steward, and eventually a full-timer for the union.

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PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO MR BOARDMAN AND TRADE UNIONS