Tin Plate Workers

The Tin Plate Worker's Society with the usual Scales of Justice and the All Seeing Eye of God and a Union Jack. You Get the Message. (Don't mess with Us)

The Atomic Bomb.

This Painted Banner was made in the 1950's by an Amateur Painter. Nevertheless the message is very effective in putting the meaning across.

The Battle's Won.

This Banner is about Victory for Britannia's Sons and now we are all Free from all the despots, so it says. It's about Workers and the Bosses. ( I think )

S D F.?

Social Democratic Federation. They Stand for Justice not Charity. Which I think means Fair Shares for All? Has anybody got any other Idea's?

The Co-op Shop

This is a typical of an inside of a Co-operative Shop from the 1930's. It was kept simple and spartan because money was tight. All Co-op Members with their Dividend got a share of the profits.

Co-operative Society

The Co-operative founded in Rochdale 1844 was designed to sell food and goods to the working men at reasonable prices. If they did, you got Divdend Points which added up over the Year, and probable would have bought the Christmas Dinner. By 1872 there were over 300 shops in the north of England. The CWS was formed ( Co-operative Wholesale Society ). It is still going today. ( Better Than Ever )

The P F A.

This is a surprise! A Professional Footballers Trade Union. I think must have been formed before the Big Wages of Footballers of today. The P F A was founded in 1907 when the Football League ratified a wage of £4 pound a week. It is still going strong with 4000 members. It recently raised a Million Pounds to build a new wing of a Manchester Children's Hospital. Garry Nevile (ManU ) Instigated this.

The Toilers?

The worker shakes hands with his boss, and in the back ground a Lady of Justice looks on. She is their to make sure that worker and boss get a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. A Propaganda Statement? LOL.

The Dockers

One of the Most Militant of the Trade Unions was the Dockers Union. Dockers had to assemble at the Dock Gates and were hand picked to work inside. If there were know Ships, or your Face didn't Fit you went home. That's no way to Earn a Living.

The Sea Side for All?

This Banner Extols the Working Men and Women Leisure Time, if they join a Trade Union. A Fair Days Pay for a Fair Days Work.

Coach Builders

This is one of the Best Banners I have ever seen. The United Kingdom Society of Coach Builders. They were Established in 1834. On one of the Shields there are represented England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales Motif's.

Long before the NHS.

This Great Banner depicts the Medical Profession long before the NHS. The scene's show's Hospital, Ambulance, Doctors, and of Course a Matron. I think this Trade Union is still going? The National Health Service Started in 1948.

A Sculpture

This Sculpture represents the Working Men and Women tied to the Clock. They had to work long hours to make a living for their Families and Children.

The Wood Workers.

This Superb Banner made in Silk, by the Huguenots Weaver of London with Work Shop Scene's of the Wood Workers at work with their Tools. Makes you want to join the Union. ( Yes? )

Railway Men.

This Magnificent Banner was made for the Railway Workers by the "Huguenots Silk Weavers" of London. The Lady Points to a Golden Future. Meanwhile Happy Children dance round the May Pole. So if you joined the Union, this could be for you and the family?

Photo's of the Match Girls.

This is the Story of the Match Girls 3 week strike in 1888. They all worked at Home, 16 to 20hrs a day for Bryant & May. ( Still going today ) They nearly all got "flossie mouth" disease from the chemicals they used. A Trade Union organised them in to a 3week strike. Bryant & May Capitulated, and changed the conditions that the Girls Worked Under and gave them Medical Treatment.

International Labour Party.

This Banner Shows the Communist Influence on Labour Party in the Mining Districts of Wales. On the Banner the Name of Karl Marx who's Theory of Fair Share's for All. Which became one of the Labour Party's Dogma.

Communism

The Communist Party had this Banner made, and proceeded to Infiltrate Trade Unions with Militant Shop Stewards. The Aim, Getting the Workers Better Hours and Wages?.

Spain

A Magnificence Contribution to the Spanish Civil War by the Printers. Franco established a Fascist Dictatorship and kept Spain out of the Second World War.

When Women Got the Vote.

When women finally got the Vote the Political Party's tried to take the Micky out of them. I don't think Politicians thought they couldn't think for themselves?