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Labour Party Conference 1952 Arthur Deakin, the second man to lead the T&G

Labour Party Conference 1952
Arthur Deakin, the second man to lead the T&G, was born in Warwickshire in 1890, the son of a cobbler. He started work in a South Wales steel plant at the age of 13 and became a trade union activist during the first world war.
Deakin became a full-time union official in 1919. In 1932, he was appointed national secretary of the General Workers trade group of the T&G, later becoming assistant to Ernie Bevin, the union's general secretary.
When Bevin joined the wartime coalition government in 1940, Deakin was appointed the union's acting general secretary. Bevin's transition to the political arena was made permanent in 1945, whereupon Arthur Deakin was elected general secretary in his place.
Deakin served as general secretary until 1955, dying shortly before his impending retirement. He is associated with an authoritarian manner of leadership, and was deeply involved in the cold war politics of his time as a fierce anti-communist.. September 1952 C4867-001

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Maureen Clayton - Windmill girl. Maureen auditioned as a Windmill Girl at the age

Maureen Clayton - Windmill girl.
Maureen auditioned as a Windmill Girl at the age of 17. Her parents considered her too young and she re-auditioned at 22 years and stayed for five years.
She recalls her time at the Windmill as a very happy time and good experience.
Maureen left to get married and to start a family.October 1952 C4818

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Labour Party Conference 1952 Jim Callaghan, Hugh Dalton

Labour Party Conference 1952
Jim Callaghan, Hugh Dalton and Tony Greenwood outside Winter Garden. September 1952 C4867

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