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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 21:02:48 GMT
Thomas H. James, Communist Party candidate for Masbrough Ward, Rotherham, 1928 ( link)  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 21:22:24 GMT
W. G. Robinson, Labour canidadate for Attercliffe ward, Sheffield, 1928 ( link & link)   |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 21:28:23 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 21:42:58 GMT
Citizen Candidates in the Sheffield Municipal Elections, 1928 ( link)  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 21:51:49 GMT
Mr S. Hardwick, Citizen candidate for Attercliffe ward, Sheffield, 1928 ( link)  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 21:54:27 GMT
Gascoigne, Citizen candidate for Park ward, Sheffield, 1925 ( link)  |
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 1, 2021 21:57:35 GMT
"Reserve your votes for Albert Oates". I like it.  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 22:03:26 GMT
J.T. Murphy (1888 - 1965), Communist candidate, Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930 ( link & link)   |
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 1, 2021 22:08:04 GMT
A. Hague, Communist Party candidate for St Philips ward, Sheffield, 1932. ( link and link).   Don't be vague, Vote for Hague! |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 22:08:23 GMT
Fred H. Skelland, Labour candidate for Walkley ward, Sheffield, 1934 ( link)  |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 22:13:39 GMT
Arthur Pye, Independent candidate for Walkley ward, Sheffield, 1934 ( link, link, link & link)     |
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 1, 2021 22:19:07 GMT
Don't be vague, Vote for Hague! That's nice but it's not quite "Hooley for Heeley" ( link) or even "Hardy for Hallam" ( link)   |
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Post by johnloony on Feb 1, 2021 22:43:20 GMT
J.T. Murphy (1888 - 1965), Communist candidate, Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930 ( link & link) That's quite an extravagant and full schedule of events (including paid tickets for entertainment events) for a parliamentary by-election campaign. These days it would hardly be matched even by the main parties in a high-profile by-election. It is slightly interesting that the former MP for Battersea North is referred to merely as "Saklatvala" rather than "S. Saklatvala" or "Mr. Saklatvala" or whatever. The said Mr Murphy got 1,084 votes (4.4%). |
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Post by David Ashforth on Mar 22, 2021 11:34:28 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Mar 30, 2021 20:27:40 GMT
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 23, 2022 21:59:52 GMT
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 23, 2022 23:15:50 GMT
2022-1974 = 40 nowadays does it?
And why hit "back"? Brightside was already Labour then, they weren't hitting back at anybody, they were the incumbants. |
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Post by johnloony on Feb 23, 2022 23:59:54 GMT
2022-1974 = 40 nowadays does it? And why hit "back"? Brightside was already Labour then, they weren't hitting back at anybody, they were the incumbants. He didn’t mention 40. He mentioned 50. Presumably he was referring to being elected as a councillor for the ward in May 1972. If he was not in fact elected for the ward abovementioned for the first time in the local elections in 1972, and therefore doesn’t validly have a 50th anniversary to celebrate, THEN he can validly and legitimately be denounced for hippopotamusesque deviationism. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 24, 2022 1:04:41 GMT
2022-1974 = 40 nowadays does it? And why hit "back"? Brightside was already Labour then, they weren't hitting back at anybody, they were the incumbants. He didn’t mention 40. He mentioned 50. Presumably he was referring to being elected as a councillor for the ward in May 1972. If he was not in fact elected for the ward abovementioned for the first time in the local elections in 1972, and therefore doesn’t validly have a 50th anniversary to celebrate, THEN he can validly and legitimately be denounced for hippopotamusesque deviationism. Don't know how "40" got in there. I'm sure I sent my figures off towards "50".
I've been doing the annual accounts this evening, maybe I should go through them again. |
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Post by warofdreams on Feb 24, 2022 1:55:20 GMT
He didn’t mention 40. He mentioned 50. Presumably he was referring to being elected as a councillor for the ward in May 1972. If he was not in fact elected for the ward abovementioned for the first time in the local elections in 1972, and therefore doesn’t validly have a 50th anniversary to celebrate, THEN he can validly and legitimately be denounced for hippopotamusesque deviationism. Don't know how "40" got in there. I'm sure I sent my figures off towards "50".
I've been doing the annual accounts this evening, maybe I should go through them again.  He was first elected for the ward in 1972, having stood unsuccessfully for Broomhill in 1971, so 50 years ago this year. I reckon the leaflet is also from 1972, as it's the only time that he and Michie were the only two candidates for the ward (there were all-out elections in 1973 for the new council which took over in 1974, and then elections by thirds). |
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