The General Strike - reading wireless bulletins 1926
Londoners reading the latest news from wireless bulletins issued at Marconi House in the Strand, London during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts, the Trades Union Congress called a General Strike in early May 1926. The strike only involved certain key industrial sectors (docks, electricity, gas, railways) but, in the face of well-organised government emergency measures and lack of real public support, it collapsed after nine days
Picture No
10223086
Media ID
45996106
Size
4284px x 4858px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Sphere', 15 May 1926, page 174
Date
May 1926
