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National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, 1847-1957
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A history of the
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, 1847-1957
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General secretaries of the
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives
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Members of the
Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress
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Radicalism to
Liberalism: the Leicester working class 1860-1906
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and continued as a magistrate until his death in 1934 aged 87.
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National Union of Boot and Shoe
Rivetters and Finishers
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National Union of Boot and Shoe Rivetters and Finishers
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Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress
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