First name/s: F. Last name: McLauchlan Known names / nicknames: Date of birth: Year of birth: 0 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: Family: Work: engineer Politics/Trade union activity: Trade Union membership (at time of entry to Ruskin) ~ other Trade Union Life at Ruskin Dates at Ruskin: 1906 Source of funding: Campaigns/political […]

First name/s: W. Last name: Williams Known names / nicknames: Date of birth: Year of birth: 0 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: Family: Work: Member of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (Anthracite, South Wales) Politics/Trade union activity: Trade Union membership (at time of entry to Ruskin) ~ other Trade Union Life […]

First name/s: M Last name: Dixon Known names / nicknames: Date of birth: Year of birth: 0 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: Family: Work: member of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (Durham) Politics/Trade union activity: Trade Union membership (at time of entry to Ruskin) ~ other Trade Union Life at Ruskin […]

First name/s: Edward Last name: Coker Known names / nicknames: Ed Date of birth: Year of birth: 1929 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth:  1929 London [East End] Family: Mother & Father! Work: Optical framemaker; engineer [cash registers, accounting machines, etc] Politics/Trade union activity: AEU member; Labour Party member, West Oxon District Councillor, […]

First name/s: Toby Last name: Butler Known names / nicknames: Date of birth: Year of birth: 1971 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: Kent Family: none pre-Ruskin Work: 2013                Programme Leader, BA History and MA Heritage Studies 2012                Acting Director, Raphael Samuel History Centre 2009- present  Programme Leader, MA Heritage Studies: Place, Memory […]

First name/s: Ian Last name: Manborde Known names / nicknames: Date of birth: 13/01/1968 Year of birth: 1968 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: 13th January 1968, Manchester Family: Dad worked for BR, mum worked at home Work: Politics/Trade union activity: Joined Labour Party (Moss Side ward) at 16. Became active in CPSA […]

First name/s: Marie Last name: Thompson Known names / nicknames: Date of birth: 12/03/1933 Year of birth: 1933 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: March 12, 1933, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire Family: Father – Edwin Lawton 1879 – 1952 – Farm worker, Clerk, Commercial Traveller for Shoddy Manufacturer; Mother – Edith Hilda Lawton (nee […]

First name/s: Ifor Last name: Davies Known names / nicknames: Date of birth: 09/06/1910 Year of birth: 1910 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: Gowerton, South Wales Family: son of Jeffrey and Elizabeth Jane Davies. Jeffrey Davies was a lay preacher in the Welsh Independent Church, and secretary of the chapel Tabernacl, Gowerton. […]

First name/s: Marion Last name: Veitch Known names / nicknames: Date of birth: 08/07/1913 Year of birth: 1913 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: Scunthorpe Family: parents Arthur Edward Veitch and Elizabeth Veitch (nee Lockwood). Work: initially employed as a dressmaker, later moved to work as a clerk in an insurance company where she promoted […]

First name/s: John Leslie Last name: Prescott Known names / nicknames: Prezza Date of birth: 31/05/1938 Year of birth: 1938 Life before Ruskin Date and place of birth: 31 May 1938, Prestatyn, Wales Family: son of John Herbert Prescott, JP, and Phyllis Prescott. Work: Trainee Chef, 1953-1955; Steward, Passenger Lines, Merchant Navy, 1955-1963. Politics/Trade union […]