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  2. Nine Hours Strike - Wikipedia

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    The Nine Hours Strike was an 1871 labour dispute in the engineering trade, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain.Its name refers to the engineers' demand that a normal working day should consist of no more than nine hours.

  3. Newcastle upon Tyne Trades Union Council - Wikipedia

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    The council was founded on 18 January 1873 at the Flying Horse Inn on Groat Market, as the Newcastle Gateshead and District Trades and Labour Council. It hosted the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 1876 at the Newcastle Mechanics' Institute, with John C. Laird, trades council president, serving as president of the congress.

  4. History of Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia

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    The Black Gate, part of Newcastle Castle. The history of Newcastle upon Tyne dates back almost 2,000 years, during which it has been controlled by the Romans, the Angles and the Norsemen amongst others. Newcastle upon Tyne was originally known by its Roman name Pons Aelius. The name "Newcastle" has been used since the Norman Conquest of England.

  5. History of the Labour Party (UK) - Wikipedia

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    National votes for Labour at general elections since 1992 (millions) England Wales Scotland 2.5 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024 A graph showing the percentage of the popular vote received by major parties in general elections (1832–2005), with the rapid rise of the Labour Party after its founding during the late 19th century being clear as it became one of the ...

  6. Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia

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    Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/ nj uː ˈ k æ s əl / ⓘ new-KASS-əl, RP: / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / ⓘ NEW-kah-səl), [5] is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south.

  7. Fred Hammill - Wikipedia

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    The Necessity of an Independent Labour Party: speech at the annual meeting of the Newcastle Independent Labour Party held at Newcastle on 3 January 1893. (pamphlet), UK: Newcastle upon Tyne: Dowling [1893]. The Claims and Progress of Labor Representation. (pamphlet), UK: Newcastle upon Tyne: Dowling [1894]. Out of Work: The Problem of the ...

  8. James Sexton - Wikipedia

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    Sexton was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 13 April 1856 to an Irish-born family of market traders, [2] who shortly afterwards moved to a slum area of St Helens, Lancashire. He grew up in poverty and began work in the local glass-making industry at the age of nine after briefly attending school.

  9. Losh, Wilson and Bell - Wikipedia

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    In about 1793 they opened a works at Bells Close, near Newcastle. Dundonald sent William Losh to Paris to study Nicolas Leblanc's process for making soda from salt. [7] In 1807, the Loshes opened an alkali works at Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [8] It was the first in England to use the Leblanc process. Dundonald left the ...

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