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    Birmingham Police strike 1919

    My grandfather joined the police in 1906 and was promoted, over a number of years, to be a first class constable - earning 35 shillings a week. On the morning of the strike he was on his way to the station when he met several of his colleagues who told him it was a waste of time going into work...
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