Bulletins from Lambeth NALGO as the first battles over cuts are happening at the Council.
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 1 October 1980
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 5 November 1980
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 25 November 1980
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 2 December 1980
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 15 January 1981
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 22 January 1981
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 6 March 1981
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 16 March 1981
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 27 April 1981
NALGO anti cuts bulletin 8 June 1981
In the late 1980s a man called Ron Tod fixed up a dilapidated old house in Vauxhall with the view to selling it and sending all the money to Bluefields in Nicaragua.
You can download the brochure for the house when it was completed here 121 Tyers street brochure
Below is some of the media coverage about the house, and this article sums up why Tod did it and all the help he got to make it happen.
The house was eventually sold and the money use to fund building projects in Bluefield’s on the Atlantic Coast.
Article about the ‘Nicaragua house’ in Vauxhall, published in New Statesman and Society May/June 1989 Continue reading “Fringe benefits – Colin Ward visit the house for Nicaragua [Article]”
Leaflets from Lambeth Against the Poll Tax
Some leaflets and other materials from Lambeth Against the Poll Tax
Accounts of Lambeth’s efforts for solidarity with the miners strike Continue reading “Solidarity with the miners strike from Lambeth”
Booklet issued in 1986 for the fundraising drive
When they were surcharged in 1985 and forced to pay £126,947 between them the 31 Lambeth Councillors launched a huge fundraising campaign to cover both the surcharge and the court case for their appealed.
This pamphlet, with photos provided mainly by Lambeth NALGO member Dave Stewart, covers some of the key events, protests and personalities of the dispute.
Includes a foreword by Tony Benn MP; “The Lambeth Councillors have, of course,
committed no crime, unless it is a crime to look after the old and the sick, the disabled and the unemployed, the homeless and communities who are suffering so much under the Tories… We are all proud of them because they kept faith with their own people, with the party and with their principles and no-one can do more than that.”
To view the PDF click here
Ted Knight, Leader of Lambeth Council, interviewed by Joan Twelves,-Secretary of Vauxhall CLP, after Lambeth had set a rate on July 3rd.
London Labour Briefing, No. 52, August 1985
Continue reading “Lambeth 31 defiant – Interview with Ted Knight (August 1985)”
John McDonnell, Deputy Leader/Chief of Finance GLC
London Labour Briefing No. 47, March 1985 Continue reading “Open up the second front!”
Graham Norwood, Lambeth Council Deputy Leader
London Labour Briefing, No 52, August 1985 Continue reading “Lambeth: from the council chamber to the wider movement (August 1985)”
Joan Twelves (Vauxhall CLP and Regional EC member)
London Labour Briefing No. 52 August 1985 Continue reading “Lambeth Labour Group fights on – rally to our cause! (August 1985)”
Radical Lambeth 