Trade union of postal sorting clerks. Founded by Wallace Cheesman and named after Henry Fawcett. The Women Sorters' Association and the Postal Bagmen's Association affiliated in 1908. In 1919 it was one of the unions which amalgamated to form the Union of Post Office Workers.
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Fawcett Association
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Wallace Cheesman
Wallace Bligh Cheesman, 1865 - 1947, founder of the Fawcett Association, live...
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Downs Hotel
The Pickwick Bicycle Club was founded here on 22 June 1870. At that first meeting, it was decided that the Downs Hotel should be the general rendezvous for bi-weekly excursions on Wednesdays and Sa...
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Gustavus Loehr
Mining engineer and co-founder of Rotary International. Born in Carlinville, Illinois. He moved to Chicago, where he met Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele and Hiram Shorey, and on the 23rd February 19...
1 memorial
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Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien
Lived most of her life in and around West London. After WW2 the housing conditions, the poverty and the racial mix in Notting Hill brought out her skills as a community champion. In 1965 she intr...
Person, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Tourism / Traditions
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Rotary International
An international organisation with the purpose of bringing together business and professional people, to provide humanitarian service, goodwill and peace around the world. It was formed in Chicago ...
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