Collections Display - People's History Museum: The national museum of democracy

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Catalogue Number
NMLH.1991.89.19

Object Name
Badge

Title
SILENT NIGHT WOMENS SUPPORT GROUP 1985-1986

Place
Barnoldswick, Lancashire; Sutton-in-Craven, West Yorkshire

People
Silent Night Strike Womens Support Group

Events
Silentnight strike

Description
Metal enamel circular badge with a black border with text "Silent Night - Womens Support Group". Inside the border the centre circle is split equally into three sections in blue, red and green. In the blue third is "85 - 86", in the red third a flower, and in the green third a witch and cat on a broom.

The Silentnight strike was an 18-month strike by workers at the bed-making factories in 1985 and 1986.

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"Silent Night Womens Support Group 1985-1986 badge" [NMLH.1991.89.19]