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Picture No 10223063
Date May 1926
Description The General Strike - 'Carrying On' 1926
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Volunteers 'specials' and motorists saved the situation during the General Strike of May 1926. Many volunteers included well-known society people and students (known as the 'plus-four brigade'). 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
Source Illustration by Bryan De Grineau in 'The Illustrated London News', 15 May 1926, page 864
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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