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    Societies: Birmingham Political Union Offices Great Charles Street

    Birmingham Political Union founded at the end of 1829 and led by Thomas Attwood. It focussed on extending suffrage rights to the working classes. It had a large membership of middle and working classes and is best known for a meeting on 16 May 1832, said to be attended by 200,000 people, which...
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    Societies: Birmingham Political Union Offices Great Charles Street

    Has anyone come across the location of the BPU offices on Great Charles Street - I need to find the location to mark on a map and nothing is coming up.
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    Scribbans Bakery

    My dad used to work for Scribbans in the 1950s. He took us to visit the factory on one occasion to see the horses - but we didn't go inside. My sister remembers his workmates making a fuss of us and giving us some pocket money. Dad was involved in making the bread. My sister and I went to a...
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