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Actions	Interview with George Cossey part 1 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleInterview with George Cossey part 1 ReferenceTAPE/299 Date 21/12/1983 Scope and ContentGeorge was born in 1920 in Poplar, and lived the first part of his life in Canning Town. he started to work on the River in 1935. He was in the Air Force in WW2. He talks about various disputes, including the Canadian Seamen's Union strike in 1949. He was editor of the Portworkers' News, and on the executive of the Lightermen's Union 1950-1967, and was also a member of the Communist Party. (continued on tape 300) There is a Word document which gives a more detailed summary of the tape. Extent1 Cassette tape Physical descriptionNWA copy LanguageEnglish Persons keywordCossey, George SubjectOral history, Dock workers, Shop stewards, Newspapers, World War Two (1939-1945) Conditions governing accessOpen Levelfile Normal locationZ (Room 24)

TitleInterview with George Cossey part 1

ReferenceTAPE/299

Date

21/12/1983

Scope and ContentGeorge was born in 1920 in Poplar, and lived the first part of his life in Canning Town. he started to work on the River in 1935. He was in the Air Force in WW2. He talks about various disputes, including the Canadian Seamen's Union strike in 1949. He was editor of the Portworkers' News, and on the executive of the Lightermen's Union 1950-1967, and was also a member of the Communist Party. (continued on tape 300) There is a Word document which gives a more detailed summary of the tape.

Extent1 Cassette tape

Physical descriptionNWA copy

LanguageEnglish

Persons keywordCossey, George

SubjectOral history, Dock workers, Shop stewards, Newspapers, World War Two (1939-1945)

Conditions governing accessOpen

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Normal locationZ (Room 24)

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