During the Irish War of Independence, Irish Republicans mounted a number of armed operations in British cities, including Manchester, which were intended to cause economic damage and put pressure on the British government to cede independence to Ireland The Campaign in Manchester 1920-22 In the autumn of 1920 the IRA launched a series of attacks [...]
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Irish Republican Operations in Manchester 1920-1922
Posted in Irish Independence, tagged Baguley, Bradford, Bury, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Fallowfield, Greater Manchester, Hulme, Leigh, Moston, Newton Heath, Oldham, Openshaw, Piccadilly, Radcliffe, Reddish, Rochdale, Sale, Salford, Stockport, Stretford, Urmston on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Betty Tebbs: “I’ve always been a revolutionary!”
Posted in Anti-Nuclear, Communism, Feminism, Trade unions, Workers' Rights, tagged Bury, Greater Manchester, Prestwich, Radcliffe on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Betty Tebbs joined her first trade union at 14, lost her first husband in WWII and spent her entire life working for rights for women and workers, global peace and justice and nuclear disarmament.
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