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Trade Unionist Soldier

... Unionist Soldier. letter w?s read from well-known local trade unionist. Private Teddy Williams, who figured prominently in the tube strike before the war. and is now doing hrs duty with the Mediterranean fo-ce. He expressed his enjoyment reading the remarks made ...

Published: Saturday 11 March 1916
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 511 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Falcons are flattened Wasps 44 Newcastle 7

... the Zurich Premiership by demolishing Newcastle Falcons who were without England hero Jonny Wilkinson. The weather and tube strike reduced the crowd to 3,444 for this vital fixture at Loftus Newcastle boss Rob Andrew blamed his side's defeat on the pressures ...

Published: Thursday 29 March 2001
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 209 | Page: 59 | Tags: none

@ The Liberal Democrats reached out to the nation’s T'ey vote as they unveiled their latest l'pn.rty election ..

... “If Labour win this election the pound is sunk. If the Conservatives win the election the pound stays.” Blair anger over tube strike plans ® Planned strikes by London Underground workers during the week of the election are based on concerns which are “not ...

Published: Thursday 24 May 2001
Newspaper: Shropshire Star
County: Shropshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 212 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

OTHER WOUNDED SOLDIERS

... function was held at the Hillary-street schools last week and is hoped to hold one each the wards. DEOBMBisn 20f 1914* TUBE STRIKE THREATENED. NOTABLE APPLICATION FOX GENERAL ADVANCE. LAST SETTLEMENT AND LIVER GRADE MEN. From inquiries made Adrertuer ...

Published: Saturday 26 December 1914
Newspaper: Walsall Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 532 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

iPPIAL FOR HOSPITAL

... An effort was being made to increase the workpeople’s subscrip.ions, which showed a decrease last year probably to the tube strike. A appeal was bein made to the ublie for an additional arantees for about £60 , and they only wanted annum for fh ree years ...

Published: Tuesday 24 March 1914
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 185 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

U.S. MOON `WILL MISS' Announcement Five Hours in

... U.S. MOON `WILL MISS' Announcement Five Hours in 500 Railmen Back Tube Strike Representatives of about 500 day-shift motormen in the South-eastern Division of British Railways voted last night to support the London Tube men with a one-day token strike ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1962
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 170 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

Commuting

... strain on the commuter passenger services weekly grows more acute. The chaos to which London was reduced by the one.dav tube strike could be a fairly common occurrence. in the view of the police. in five veers' time if present trends continue. London is ...

Published: Saturday 17 February 1962
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 206 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

MORE MEN AFFECTED

... week’s notice, but Mr. Ellery replied that the firm had had a month’s notice the workers’ intentiom. It probable that the tube strike will spread Wolverhampton, where three firms are engaged. Several hundred workers from Walsall and Wednesbury were expected ...

Published: Tuesday 27 May 1913
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 173 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

New bid fo avert strike on the Tube

... had exploratory with either side, but there were no face-toface negotiations.” RMT is balloting its members on its own Tube strike, but results of the poll will not be available in time to join in with the first of Aslef’s planned series of one-day strikes ...

Published: Tuesday 25 June 1996
Newspaper: Shropshire Star
County: Shropshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 37 | Tags: none

FEEDING OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

... chil- dren in the town A voice: F ive hun- dred.) Charitable ideas had been tried, and had been a failure. Even during the tube strike r children were marched from one side of the town to the other, only to receive a drop of cocoa and a bit of jam. He moved ...

Published: Thursday 26 March 1914
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 188 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

‘Fifty cars equals one bus..

... village. Making traffic fit the city meant not more vehicles than could comfortably move in it. and park in it. “The London Tube strike last January provided a striking illustration. of what happens when the normal number of cars entering London is double ...

Published: Monday 04 June 1962
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 220 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Roads in gridlock as sirike h“S |.olldo All approach roads to London were jammed solid early today as another ..

... Roads in gridlock as sirike h“S |.olldo All approach roads to London were jammed solid early today as another 24-hour Tube strike brought travel chaos to the capital. Only four early-morning trains ran on the Underground as the continuing action by Tube ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1996
Newspaper: Shropshire Star
County: Shropshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 225 | Page: 12 | Tags: none