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Hindley Green soup kitchen 1926 Photo Ref: PC 2010.1589

"Soup Kitchen in Brunswick School, Leigh road, Hindley Green, 1926"
The 1926 General Strike called by the Trades Union Congress to support the Miners was called off after only 9 days, the collier's fought on alone only to be defeated by 'the pangs of hunger'. "Dark Days" Ken Howarth pp84-89

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Hindley Green soup kitchen 1926 Photo Ref: PC 2010.1589