| Description | Minnie Broadhead, from Birmingham, continues to talk about her experiences of the Labour movement during the 1920s, believes that Oswald Mosley did a lot for the Labour movement in Birmingham, says that he held a lot of meetings in the Birmingham rag market, describes instances of illness and poverty before and after the First World War and describes the indignity of the means test, talks about her involvement in the Labour movement and repression of women in society then, campaigning at election time and the activities of the local Conservative candidates, talks about people living in the neighbourhood, including Irish migrants, types of housing in the neighbourhood and the demolition of Georgian houses, memories of other people in the neighbourhood and the general environment, expresses dislike of Roy Jenkins and entry to European Common Market in the context of mistrust of the French after experiences during both World Wars, discusses unity of working men and women during the General Strike and describes her memories of events during the strike (tracks 1-7)
Total: 45.12 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF573E0689280 |