Catalogue description Associated Blacksmiths' Forge and Smithy Workers' Society

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Reference: TU/BLACK
Title: Associated Blacksmiths' Forge and Smithy Workers' Society
Description:

Annual reports, Executive Council, trade union and health insurance minute books and circulars
Date: 1911-1960
Arrangement:

Series 1: Annual reports;
Series 2: Executive Council, trade union and health insurance minute books;
Series 3: Circulars
Held by: Working Class Movement Library, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Associated Blacksmiths' Forge and Smithy Workers' Society
Physical description: 73 volumes
Access conditions:

Open for consultation.
Subjects:
  • Trade unions
  • Blacksmiths
  • Iron industry
Unpublished finding aids:

The full catalogue is available online on the Working Class Movement Library's Web Site - www.wcml.org.uk/catalogue/adlib-catalogue

Administrative / biographical background:

In 1845 the Associated Society of Blacksmiths formed. It had the alternative name of Associated Blacksmiths of Scotland. In 1910 it changed its name to the Associated Blacksmiths and Ironworkers Society. The Blacksmiths' Union joined in 1912 and National United Society of Smiths and Hammermen joined in 1914. In 1920s it changed its name to the Associated Blacksmiths, Forge and Smithy Workers Society. In 1963 it amalgamated with the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders to form the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Shipbuilders and Structural Workers and later the GMB.

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