Broadsides – A collection of bits and pieces
"Unprovided with original learning, uninformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a blog”
Traffic wardens can be rather grumpy sods. It’s a job that attracts the grumpy. In the early days, and it probably still is the case, they were employed by Police Authorities. Which is almost certainly why they adopted the blue military style uniform. Being grumpy sods they often had more grievances than the norm. And... Continue Reading →
Further ephemeral treasures from my archive shoebox. Thisi is a check list of the NUPE officers strike levy collected for the Nottinghamshire Miners during the 1984 strike. The levy, £23.00 a week, was mandatory and was in addition to countless irregular payments, contributions and collections that were a constant feature of the period. No doubt... Continue Reading →
This is the story of Louis Broady. An unskilled black worker on a Manpower Services Commission employment scheme with Nottingham City Council. Because he was black he was abused. His union took up his fight and together, over a period of two years they stopped the abuse and won justice. It was a victory that... Continue Reading →
In the bowels of the old Shire hall worked the unseen unsung servants that kept the ancient complex clean and who would break their backs shovelling coke into the great boilers deep in the cellars that warmed the courts and offices and public spaces of the busy crowded and noble building. Low paid and of... Continue Reading →
Broadsides - A collection of bits and pieces 