"banner, Tobacco Workers Union" [NBS I/D 398]

Catalogue Number
NBS I/D 398

Object Name
banner

Title
TOBACCO WORKERS UNION LONDON DISTRICT COMMITTEE

Place
London & England & UK

People
worker: tobacco workers

Creator(s)
NBS National Museum of Labour HistoryNBS National Museum of Labour History

Description
The origins of the union go back to 1834 when a group of London tobacco spinners formed themselves into the Friendly Society of Operative Tobacconists. The banner probably dates from the 1960s.

Materials: double layer ground of salmon pink rayon rep.

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