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National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, Cockermouth Branch

Catalogue reference: YDSO 12

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This record is about the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, Cockermouth Branch dating from 1956-1969.

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Reference
YDSO 12
Title
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, Cockermouth Branch
Date
1956-1969
Description

These are mostly the records of Mr. L.H. Blackwood as Secretary of the Union's Cockermouth Branch, and relate to the workforce of Millers (Great Yarmouth) Ltd., Shoe and Slipper Manufacturers, at Derwent Mills, Cockermouth, also at Egremont and Bradford, and to the Inspection and Warehouse Depts. at Bradford. They contain much vivid detail of working conditions, often in the words of the workforce itself.

1 - 21 Contributions ledgers 1956 - 61

22 - 64 Branch reps' collection books 1956 - 66

65 - 94 Branch Secretary's files and papers 1950 - 69

95 - 100 His spare-time activities:

95 Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes 1962 - 64

96 - 100 1st Cockermouth Boy Scouts Group Committee (as Treasurer) 1962 - 67

Held by
Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, Cockermouth Branch, Cumberland</corpname>
Physical description
100 files
Immediate source of acquisition

Cleared from premises on the south side of Cocker Bridge, Market Place, Cockermouth, shared then with J.B. Banks & Son, ironmongers, on 12 February 1971

Administrative / biographical background

The Union was founded in 1873.

Record URL
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National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, Cockermouth Branch