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Description: | George Speakman was 13 years old in 1926. He remembers the year well because of the General Strike.
Since the end of First World War, there had been numerous strikes across the country. These came to a head in May 1926, when a nationwide strike was called. The authorities feared a workers' revolution and the government assumed emergency powers. The middle and upper classes were asked to volunteer to keep essential services, including trains, running.
In London, 39,000 men from the Underground Group and 80% of Metropolitan Railway staff went on strike.
George was a schoolboy at the time. He usually travelled to school by train, but during the strike he had to rely on his friend's father to drive him. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Power and Politics Work | Temporal: | 1920-1929 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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