Special Sub Facts Flashcards
Who was Felix Green?
Oxfrod educated, radical journalist, writes for the Listener,
Time to Spare
When was the General Strike?
4th - 13th May 1926
When was the Wheatley Housing Act?
1924
When was the Carlton Club meeting?
19th October 1922
When was Black Friday?
15th April 1921
Which seat does Leo Amery hold?
What positions does he hold and when?
Birmingham South
First Lord of the Admiralty 1922-24
Colonial Secretary 1924-29
When was the Zinoviev Letter?
24th October 1924
Where is Walter Greenwood from?
Salford
Whats the background of Beales and Lambert?
Lambert - Editor of Listener
Beales - Economist/ Social Historian at LSE
How does Orwell describe Jack Common?
‘The authentic voice of the ordinary man’
Where is Headlam MP for?
Barnard Castle - County Durham, Mining Community
What is Headlam’s electoral record?
Wins 1924, Loses 1929 (after Liberal intervention), Wins 1931, Loses 1935
Where is Phillip Snowden MP for?
Colne Valley, Yorkshire
Whats the background of Barbara Ayrton Gould?
WSPU - active in Labour party after WW1, Writes for Herald, goes on to become Chief Womens Officer of the Party
What is the background of Margaret Bondfield?
Leading female trade unionist of 1920s, first women elected to TUC executive, one of the first 3 female Labour MPs 1923, first female minister
When was the Jevons & Madge survey of Bristol conducted?
1935-38, not published until 1946
When were each of the elections of the 1920s?
15th November 1922, 6th Decemeber 1923,
29th October 1924, 30th May 1929
What are the two key housing acts of the 1930s?
1930 Greenwood Act, 1935 Housing Act
Background of Jevons and Madge
Sociologists attached to University of Bristol
Madge particularly active on the left
What passage does brierley contribute to Beales & Lambert
Colliery Banksman
Who is Jimmy Thomas
Labour MP, Head of Railway Union, negotiates with Baldwin gov. Prior to general strike on behalf of TUC
Background of Margaret Llewelyn Davies
Head of Women’s Cooperative Guild
When was the BBC founded and when did it become a Corporation?
Founded 1922, becomes corporation in 1927
Who opens ‘Time to Spare’
S.P.B Mais - writer, journalist, broadcaster
