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Businesses (3)
- Frontline Books, publisher
- Kiernan, printer, Liverpool
- New Mills Co-operative Society Ltd New Mills, Derbyshire
Organisations (260)
- Alliance Cabinet Makers' Association London
- Amalgamated Association of Card, Blowing and Ring Room Operatives
- Amalgamated Association of Operative Spinnners and Twiners
- Amalgamated Engineering Union
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Manchester no 15 branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Manchester no 6 branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Manchester no 9 branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Engineering Union: Salford no 4 branch Salford, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers: Mersey District Liverpool, Lancashire;Birkenhead, Cheshire
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers: Nottingham branch Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers: South Wales District
- Amalgamated Society of Engineers: Manchester no 1 branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Society of Engineers: Patricroft branch Patricroft, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Society of Gilders London
- Amalgamated Society of India Rubber, Cable and Asbestos Workers
- Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers and Process Workers (SLADE)
- Amalgamated Society of Mill Sawyers and Wood-cutting Machinists London
- Amalgamated Society of Tailors
- Amalgamated Society of Tailors: Ipswich branch Ipswich, Suffolk
- Amalgamated Society of Tailors: Norwich branch Norwich, Norfolk
- Amalgamated Society of Wire Drawers and Kindred Trades
- Amalgamated Society of Wire Drawers and Kindred Trades: Manchester branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Society of Wire Drawers and Kindred Trades: Warrington district Warrington, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists
- Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists: Hull branch Hull, Yorkshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists: Nottingham Branch Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Gorton branch Gorton, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Openshaw branch Openshaw, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers: Pendleton no 2 branch Pendleton, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen
- Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen: Blackburn and district branch Blackburn, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen: Bolton branch Bolton, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen: Bury branch Bury, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Textile Workers Union Lancashire;Lancashire
- Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers
- Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers: Hyde branch Hyde, Cheshire
- Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers: Manchester no 6 branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Union of Clothiers Operatives
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers: Blackpool branch Blackpool, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers: Manchester district victimisation fund Manchester, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers: Openshaw no 7 branch Openshaw, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers: Stockport district committee Stockport, Cheshire
- Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers
- Amalgamated Union of Machine and General Labourers
- Amalgamated Union of Machine and General Labourers: Heywood branch Heywood, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Union of Upholsterers
- Amalgamated Union of Upholsterers, Liverpool Liverpool, Lancashire
- Amalgamated Union of Upholsterers: London no 1 branch London
- Amalgamated Weavers Association
- Ashfield Labour Club Ashfield, Cheshire
- Ashton-under-Lyne and District Powerloom Weavers Association Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
- Associated Blacksmiths and Ironworkers Society
- Associated Blacksmiths, Forge and Smithy Workers Society
- Associated Blacksmiths, Forge and Smithy Workers Society: Glasgow branch Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland
- Associated Ironmoulders of Scotland Scotland
- Associated Society of Moulders and Foundry Workers
- Association of Professional, Executive and Clerical Staff: London and Home Counties area joint council London
- Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX)
- Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries
- AV Roe and Co Ltd Works Committee Woodford, Cheshire
- Bakers' Union
- Belfast Furnishing Trades Joint Committee Belfast, County Antrim
- Blackburn and District Amalgamated Powerloom Overlookers' Association
- Blackburn and District Power Loom Weavers Association Blackburn, Lancashire
- Blackley Bowling Club Blackley, Lancashire
- Bolton and District Card and Ring Room Operatives Provincial Association: no 3 branch Lancashire
- Bolton and District Card and Ring-room Operatives Provincial Association: no 4 (Swinton?) branch Bolton, Lancashire;Swinton, Lancashire
- Bolton and District Card, Blowin, Ring Throstle-room Operatives Association: Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley branch Leigh, Lancashire;Atherton, Lancashire;Tyldesley, Lancashire
- Bolton and District Cotton Doublers, Winders, Reelers etc Trade Union Bolton, Lancashire
- Bolton and District Textile Manufacturing Trades Federation Bolton, Lancashire
- Bolton and District Union of Textile and Allied Workers Bolton, Lancashire
- Bolton and District Union of Textile and Allied Workers: Atherton branch Atherton, Lancashire
- Bolton and District Union of Textile and Allied Workers: Bolton branch Bolton, Lancashire
- Bolton and District United Trades Council Bolton, Lancashire
- Bolton and District Weavers, Winders, Warpers, Loom Sweepers and Ancillary Workers Association Bolton, Lancashire
- Bolton Operative Cotton Spinners Provincial Association Bolton, Lancashire
- Bolton Strippers and Grinders Society Bolton, Lancashire
- Bookbinders and Machine Rulers Consolidated Union
- British Hospital for Vietnam
- Broadheath Labour Party Broadheath, Cheshire
- Brush Makers Benevolent Institution
- Brushmakers' Union
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: Greater Manchester and District
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: North West area
- Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
- Ceramic and Allied Trades Union
- Christian Socialist Society: London district London
- Christian Socialist Society: Stepney Stepney, Middlesex
- Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union
- Clerical and Administrative Workers Union: Halifax branch Halifax, Yorkshire
- Clerical and Administrative Workers Union: Leeds branch Leeds, Yorkshire
- Cleveland Miners and Quarrymens Association Cleveland, Yorkshire
- Communist Party of Great Britain
- Communist Party of Great Britain: Middleton branch Middleton, Lancashire
- Coopers and Allied Workers Federation
- Coopers' Unions
- Darwen Textile Trades Federation Darwen, Lancashire
- Electrical and Plumbing Industries Union (EPIU) London
- Electrical Trades Union
- Fairey Engineering Ltd works committees Stockport, Cheshire
- Fire Brigades Union
- Free German League of Culture: Manchester, Salford and District branch Manchester, Lancashire;Salford, Lancashire
- Friendly Society of Ironfounders
- Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons
- Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons: Hadfield lodge Hadfield, Derbyshire
- Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union London
- General Amalgamation of Cloth Lookers and Warehousemen
- General Municipal Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union: Midlands East Division East Midlands
- General Union of Associations of Loom Overlookers Lancashire;Lancashire
- General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union
- Glasgow Journeymen Coopers Trade Society Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Great Harwood Weavers Association Great Harwood, Lancashire
- Heywood and Castleton District Weavers, Winders and Reelers Association Heywood, Lancashire;Castleton, Lancashire
- Hyde and District Textile Trades Federation Hyde, Cheshire
- Hyde Weavers Association Hyde, Cheshire
- Independent Labour Party
- Irish in Britain Representation Group Manchester, Lancashire
- Jewish Socialists’ Group
- Knutsford and Holmes Chapel Branch Labour Party Knutsford, Cheshire;Holmes Chapel, Cheshire
- L Gardner and Sons Ltd shop stewards committee Patricroft, Lancashire
- Laminated and Coil Spring Workers' Union
- Lancashire Women Against Pit Closures
- Liberation London
- Liverpool Journeymen Upholsterers Liverpool, Lancashire
- London Upholsterers' Society London
- Managers and Overlookers Society
- Manchester and Salford Film Society Manchester, Lancashire;Salford, Lancashire
- Manchester Council of Labour Manchester, Lancashire
- Manchester Salford and District Women's Trades Union Council Manchester, Lancashire
- Medical Aid for Vietnam
- Medical Practitioners Union
- Municipal Employees Association
- Musical Instrument Makers and Organ Builders Unions
- National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association
- National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators
- National Amalgamated Union of Labour
- National Amalgamated Workers Union: Leicester no 6 (electricity workers) branch Leicester, Leicestershire
- National Association of Operative Plasterers
- National Association of Powerloom Overlookers: Swinton branch Swinton, Lancashire
- National Clarion Cycling Club
- National Clarion Cycling Club: Foleshill Branch Foleshill, Warwickshire
- National Federation of Furnishing Trade Union London
- National Federation of General Workers
- National Guild of Co-operators: Blackley branch Blackley, Lancashire
- National Guild of Co-operators: Liverpool district Liverpool, Lancashire
- National Guild of Co-operators: Manchester and Salford combi Manchester, Lancashire;Salford, Lancashire
- National Guild of Co-operators: Oakfield branch Oakfield, Lancashire
- National Guild of Co-operators: Seaforth branch Seaforth, Lancashire
- National League of the Blind and Disabled London
- National Society of Brushmakers
- National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants
- National Society of Painters: St Helens branch St Helens, Lancashire
- National Union of Clerks
- National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers
- National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers: Doncaster and district branch Doncaster, Yorkshire
- National Union of Clerks and Administrative Workers: North Eastern area council Northumberland;Durham;Durham;Northumberland
- National Union of Clerks: Greenock and district branch Greenock, Renfrewshire
- National Union of Clerks: London Central branch London
- National Union of Footwear, Leather and Allied Trades
- National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Barking branch Barking, Essex
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Bolton branch Bolton, Lancashire
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Bromley East branch Bromley-by-Bow, Middlesex
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Leeds district branch Leeds, Yorkshire
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Nottingham no 1 branch Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers: Reading branch Reading, Berkshire
- National Union of General and Municipal Workers
- National Union of General and Municipal Workers: Bolton no 19 branch Bolton, Lancashire
- National Union of General and Municipal Workers: Bolton no 30 branch Bolton, Lancashire
- National Union of General Workers: Bolton no 1 branch Bolton, Lancashire
- National Union of General Workers: Nottingham no 1 branch Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- National Union of Journalists: Manchester Evening News chapel Manchester, Lancashire
- National Union of Metal Workers: Rochdale branch Rochdale, Lancashire
- National Union of Mineworkers
- National Union of Musical Instrument Makers
- National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers Castleton, Lancashire;Oldham, Lancashire;Rochdale, Lancashire
- National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers, Manchester branch Manchester, Lancashire
- National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers, Manchester Womens' branch Manchester, Lancashire
- National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers: North West branch
- National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers: Oldham branch Oldham, Lancashire
- National Union of Railwaymen
- National Union of Railwaymen: Manchester and District area branch Manchester, Lancashire
- National Union of Railworkers
- National Union of Seamen
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers: Ashton & Rochdale branch Rochdale, Lancashire;Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating & Domestic Engineers: Rochdale branch Rochdale, Lancashire
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating & Domestic Engineers: Ashton & Oldham branch Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire;Oldham, Lancashire
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating & Domestic Engineers: Ashton-under-Lyne branch Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
- National Union of Sheet Metalworkers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers
- National Union of Stove, Grate and General Metal Workers
- National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers
- National Union of Teachers: Bolton Branch Bolton, Lancashire
- Nelson and Colne Constituency Labour Party Nelson, Lancashire;Colne, Lancashire
- Nelson Weavers Union Nelson, Lancashire
- No Conscription Fellowship
- Northern Counties Amalgamated Association of Weavers Cheshire;Lancashire;Yorkshire and the Humber
- Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation
- Occupy movement
- Oldham and District Weavers and Winders Association Oldham, Lancashire
- Operative Bakers Confectioners & Allied Workers: Almonds Branch, Wythenshawe Wythenshawe, Cheshire
- Operative Bakers Confectioners & Allied Workers: Bristol Branch Bristol, Gloucestershire
- Operative Bakers Confectioners & Allied Workers: Liverpool Branch Liverpool, Lancashire
- Operative Bakers Confectioners & Allied Workers: Manchester Branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Organ Builders' Trade Society
- Padiham and District Weavers Association Padiham, Lancashire
- Plumbing Trades Union
- Power Loom Overlookers
- Poynton Constituency Labour Party Poynton, Cheshire
- Prestwich Independent Labour Party Prestwich, Lancashire
- Red Rope Socialist Walking and Climbing Club
- Rochdale Weavers, Winders, Beamers, Reelers and Doublers Association Rochdale, Lancashire
- Rusholme Divisional League of Youth Rusholme, Lancashire
- Salford City Labour Party Salford, Lancashire
- Salford Trades Union Council Salford, Lancashire
- Scottish Brass Moulders Union
- Scottish Lace and Textile Workers' Union
- Scottish National Association of Tailors
- Sheffield Trade and Butchers Knife Hafters Trade and Provident Society Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Shell Chemicals UK Ltd, Carrington plant works and shop stewards committees Carrington, Cheshire
- Ship Constructors and Shipwrights Association
- Silk Workers Unions
- Society of Graphical and Allied Trades 1975
- Society of Graphical and Allied Trades 1982
- Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers & Engraving & Process Workers: Manchester branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers & Engraving & Process Workers: Manchester Central Manchester, Lancashire
- Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers and Printers: Manchester branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Solidarity socialist group Oxford Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Steam Engine Makers Society
- Stockport Weavers Association Stockport, Cheshire
- Swinton and Pendlebury Textile Holidays Joint Committee Swinton, Lancashire;Pendlebury, Lancashire
- Todmorden Weavers Association Todmorden, Yorkshire
- Transport and General Workers Union
- Typographical Association
- United Association of Powerloom Overlookers
- United French Polishers Society
- United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders: Districts Nos 2, 3 and 5
- United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders: Leeds no 1 branch Leeds, Yorkshire
- United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders: Leeds No 1 branch Leeds, Yorkshire
- United Society of Brush Makers
- United Society of Brush Makers: Birmingham society Birmingham, Warwickshire
- United Society of Brush Makers: Bristol society Bristol, Gloucestershire
- United Society of Brush Makers: London society London
- Upholsterers' Trade Society
- Upholsterers' Union, Liverpool Liverpool, Lancashire
- Wallpaper Workers Union
- Waterproof Garment Workers Trade Union
- Welsh Iron Founders Trade Union
- Womens Co-operative Guild: Anfield branch Liverpool, Lancashire
- Womens Co-operative Guild: Blackley branch Blackley, Lancashire
- Womens Co-operative Guild: Blackley joint guild council Blackley, Lancashire
- Womens Co-operative Guild: Higher Crumpsall branch Crumpsall, Lancashire
- Womens Co-operative Guild: New Mills branch New Mills, Derbyshire
- Womens Co-operative Guild: Oakfield branch Oakfield, Lancashire
- Womens Co-operative Guild: Toxteth branch Toxteth, Lancashire
- Women's Social and Political Union: Rochdale branch Rochdale, Lancashire
- Yorkshire Association of Power Loom
Persons (17)
- Allaun, Frank, (1913-2002), Labour Politician
- Allen, Jim, (1926-1999), television and screen writer
- Bibby, Andrew, (fl 1990), journalist
- Blood, Frank, (fl 1940), conscientious objector
- Carter, Peter, (fl 2009-2013), Working Class Movement Library trustee
- Doyle, John, (1797-1868), portrait painter and caricaturist
- Griffiths, Dan, (fl 1923), teacher and author Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
- Hales, Mike, (fl 1970-2018), activist
- Johnson, Len, (1902-1969), boxer
- Mearns, George, (fl 1930), Member of National Council of Labour
- Rothman, Benny, (1911-2002), trade unionist and rambler
- Rothman, Bernard, (1911-2002), campaigner and shop steward
- Smethurst, John Blears, (1934-2010), campaigner and founder trustee of the Working Class Movement Library Eccles, Lancashire
- Taplin, Eric, (1925-2012), historian
- Tebbs, Betty, (b 1918), activist, campaigner and author Bury, Lancashire;Radcliffe, Lancashire;Prestwich, Lancashire
- Tepper, Rachel, (1915-2007), doctor, Communist and activist Manchester, Lancashire
- Tuckett, Angela, (1906-1994), political activist and writer
Diaries (5)
- Ehlert, Hermann, (d1976), German Refugee And International Brigader Manchester, Lancashire
- Granville, David, (fl c1980-2015), Communist and former editor of Irish Democrat London
- Harris, Mike, (fl 1980-2015), playwright Manchester, Lancashire
- Lutener, Paul, (fl 1970-1979), activist
- Moore, Bill, (1916-2001), Communist
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (8)
- NRA 35562 Bolton and District Card and Ring-room Operatives Provincial Association: no 4 branch
- NRA 8971 Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union
- NRA 35561 National Association of Powerloom Overlookers: Swinton branch
- NRA 10063 National Society of Brushmakers
- NRA 10064 National Union of General and Municipal Workers
- NRA 35557 Salford Trades Union Council
- NRA 35565 Swinton and Pendlebury: Textile Holidays Joint Committee
- NRA 31932 Working Class Movement Library: MS collections
Accessions
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