Formed as the Union of Women Match Workers following the matchgirls strike at the Bryant and May factory in Bow. Its first secretary was Annie Besant and by October of 1888, 666 members had been enrolled. By the end of the year, it had changed its rules and name, becoming the Matchmakers Union, open to both men and women. The following year it sent its first delegate to the Trade Union Congress.
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Matchmakers Union
From their Twitter page: South London Fawcett Group is a local group of the Fawcett Society which campaigns nationally for equality between women and men.Â
Group who frequented the Duke of Wellington public house in Cyprus Street, and erected the Cyprus Street memorial. The pub closed in 2005 and has been converted into residential use.
The group's website.
An appellation used on plaques erected by Sexual Avengers commemorating sites of gay events/interest.
Lawrence Noel is credited with bringing the first costumes to the Notting Hill Carnival, in 1973. Grew up in Trinidad. Lawrence, his wife Joan, and the family continued to make mas (masquerade) co...
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