'Waltham Forest Unemployed Workers Group' badge
Object
Badge
Production date
c. 1981-1983
Object number
2023.64
Physical Description
Circular metal badge showing the text 'Waltham Forest Unemployed Workers' Group', written on black capital letters on a pale yellow background.
Object history
This badge was owned and worn by Hackney activist and journalist, Ian Rathbone, who was involved with supporting the group.
The Waltham Forest Unemployed Workers Group was an unemployed centre located an old school in Markhouse Road, Walthamstow. The chair was a Hackney Councillor, and the group was used by people from other boroughs, including Hackney as it didn't have its own Unemployed Workers Centre. It closed around 1983.
The Waltham Forest Unemployed Workers Group was an unemployed centre located an old school in Markhouse Road, Walthamstow. The chair was a Hackney Councillor, and the group was used by people from other boroughs, including Hackney as it didn't have its own Unemployed Workers Centre. It closed around 1983.
Associated Person
Ian Rathbone (Owner)
Associated Place
Waltham Forest (Place)
Material
Metal
Dimension
Diameter (Front): 3.7cm
On display?
No
Inscription
WALTHAM
FOREST
UNEMPLOYED
WORKERS'
GROUP
FOREST
UNEMPLOYED
WORKERS'
GROUP
