The following article on Fascist leader Oswald Mosley’s humiliation by anti-fascists at Belle Vue is reproduced by kind permission of Manchester University’s Centre for Jewish Studies, and is by Michael Wolf of the anti-fascist periodical Searchlight. The introduction to the article is based on an article by Yaakov Wise, also on the CJS website. One [...]
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Fascism and anti-fascism in 1930s Manchester
Posted in Anti-Fascism, Communism, tagged Altrincham, Ardwick, Ashton-under-Lyne, Belle Vue, Blackley, Bolton, Bury, Cheetham Hill, Free Trade Hall, Greater Manchester, Harpurhey, Higher Broughton, Hulme, Middleton, Miles Platting, Oldham, Openshaw, Prestwich, Rochdale, Rusholme, Salford, Strangeways, Stretford, Withington on January 7, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Hugh Delargy
Posted in Irish Independence, Labour Party, Northern Ireland, tagged Belle Vue, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Greater Manchester, Miles Platting, Moss Side, Moston, Rusholme on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hugh Delargy was born in 1908 and, after going to an elementary school, won a scholarship to study in Paris and Rome. During the Depression he worked as a labourer and insurance agent. He was elected as a Labour Councillor in Manchester in 1937 and remained on the Council until 1946. He was an active [...]
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