Issue 38

The Beginning Peter Carter

Eric Leonard Taplin, 22 February 1925 – 22 September 2012 Sam Davies

Eric Taplin and the Founding of the North West Labour History Society Alan Fowler

Eric Taplin Francis Devine

The General Strike in Manchester Ruth and Eddie Frow

Blackpool: A miner’s daughter reflects on her first visit in 1930 Royce Turner and Andrea Wingfield

How Did the American Civil War Affect the Lancashire Cotton Industry? Bill Pearson

The Costs of War: Living in the Lancashire Coalfield 1943-1944 John Davies

’Much more must be done to save the Spanish Republic’: The Liverpool labour movement and the Spanish Civil War Richard Ryan Dublin Lock Out 1913 Chris Clayton

The Mason and Wheeldon Families’ Fight For Justice Pat Bowker

The Parentages of Edward Whittle and Margaret McKay Edward J. Davies