Person    | Male  Born 23/7/1913  Died 3/3/2010

Michael Mackintosh Foot

Politician and journalist. Born Plymouth. Leader of the Labour party 1980-1983. Married to feminist film-maker and author, Jill Craigie (1911-1999), who appears with him in our picture.

His Wikipedia page gives details of his life. He died, aged 96 years, on 3 March 2010 and his funeral service took place on 15 March 2010 at Golders Green Crematorium, 62 Hoop Lane, London, NW11 7NL.

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Michael Mackintosh Foot

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Fenner Brockway statue

The statue, by Ian Walters and unveiled (very appropriately) by Michael Foot,...

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International Brigade

The quote “they went….other way” is a paraphrase of two lines from C. Day Lew...

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Orwell - Parliament Hill

Orwell lived here for 6 months in 1935 while he was working in the South End ...

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Sir John Cass

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Pieter Gerbrandy

Pieter Gerbrandy

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Jocelyn Brandon

Jocelyn Brandon

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Denis Nowell Pritt

Denis Nowell Pritt

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Match tax abandoned

Match tax abandoned

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