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The General Strike - oral history
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Dock Pickets
Dock Pickets
Dispatch riders waiting outside Transport House
Dispatch riders waiting outside Transport House

Here you will find clips from an interview with Harry Watson, a striker in the East End of London, made by Margaret Morris in 1975. More clips from other interviews will be added over the coming year.

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The British Worker, 10 May 1926 Food lorry with an armoured car escort
  Dock pickets   Chiswick Bus Depot  
  Despatch Riders   Miners in fancy dress  
 
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