tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726680741453160783.post6047940583688559833..comments2024-01-24T02:14:42.210+00:00Comments on Hardy Lane Scrapbook: Socialism & Co-Operationlorenzo23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03703276296616620943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726680741453160783.post-71054035938086731552012-07-16T19:24:34.602+01:002012-07-16T19:24:34.602+01:00Thanks for that. My geography of London is patchy ...Thanks for that. My geography of London is patchy but I have been to Chorley football ground.lorenzo23https://www.blogger.com/profile/03703276296616620943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726680741453160783.post-82342813622696217972012-07-02T01:54:16.331+01:002012-07-02T01:54:16.331+01:00I didn't know the ILP lived in Finsbury Park. ...I didn't know the ILP lived in Finsbury Park. There is a <a href="http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1931/jun/24/postponed-clause-19-exemptions" rel="nofollow">fascinating interjection in 1931</a> by the then Labour MP for Liverpool Kirkdale in Hansard. Later of the Independent Socialist Party. His daughter Edith May Edwards was the Mayor of Chorley 1953-4, long time councillor and her husband <a href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SPedwardsB.htm" rel="nofollow">Robert (Bob) Edwards</a> was secy of the Chemical Workers Union, so my Co-operator grandfather would have known her and Elijah. His grandson? Karl Elijah Sandham also was mayor there. It was quite a Tory town, though. I digress<br /><br />I am guessing it was at no. 348 which became the Lanark Hotel.felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363991252776819712noreply@blogger.com