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1920's Millworker's Union Card
Photo: Rev David Long
Photo: Rev David Long
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Item #: 26855
Item #: 26855
Another car boot find. Sadly, probably from a house clearance following the holder's death.
It covers payments from October 1926 to November 1929. Other stuff on the stall gave an Orrell address for the Winstanley family. As the district names is 'Pemb', I assume he worked in a mill in Pemberton. Perhaps someone knows the most likely one it would have been, given the trades the union covered.
Lovely list of mill occupations on the back page - 'Ring Spinners, Frame Tenters, Back Tenters, Doffers, and 2 Side Spinners'.
It covers payments from October 1926 to November 1929. Other stuff on the stall gave an Orrell address for the Winstanley family. As the district names is 'Pemb', I assume he worked in a mill in Pemberton. Perhaps someone knows the most likely one it would have been, given the trades the union covered.
Lovely list of mill occupations on the back page - 'Ring Spinners, Frame Tenters, Back Tenters, Doffers, and 2 Side Spinners'.
Comment by: Albert. on 10th October 2015 at 14:10
Reverend. If the contribution was a shilling a week, that was a quite a sum, in those days.
Albert, the table on the back details how much each grade of worker would pay, and allowance was made for hours worked, and actual wages earned. The Benefits paid out were correspondingly varied.
The payment record inside shows that most weeks only 6d was paid - perhaps there was short-hours working at the time. He received Benefits for five weeks - 20/- in November 1927 - but I don't see that sum in the Benefits table here; and then 8/- in July 1929, and three by 12/- in the same August. That's a total of 64/-, and he'd payed in 54/- in contributions, so he got a good return over the years.
Comment by: Roy on 15th October 2015 at 13:38
Historic inflation says 6d in 1926 is equal to £2-50 today.
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