SPGB Meetings (1938)

Party News from the November 1938 issue of the Socialist Standard

SPGB Rambles, Socials and Dances (1934)

Party News from the November 1934 issue of the Socialist Standard 

Blogger's Note:

The Bloomsbury Branch notice mentions the Branch Secretary, Miss B. Foster. Betty Foster joined the SPGB in June 1933, via its Southwark Branch.

SPGB Meetings, Rambles and Dances (1934)

Party News from the September 1934 issue of the Socialist Standard

SPGB Meetings and Lectures, etc. (1937)

Party News from the September 1937 issue of the Socialist Standard

Blogger's Note:

The name, 'G. Clifford' — see the Bristol meeting advertised — was used by Clifford Groves as his party name during this period. 

SPGB Bloomsbury Branch (1933)

Party News from the September 1933 issue of the Socialist Standard

Obituary: Nat Posner (1962)

Obituary from the August 1962 issue of the Socialist Standard

Bloomsbury Branch have sadly learned of the death of Nat Posner, who had been ill for some time. A member for over twenty years, he had known and supported the Party a long time and had interested workers in Socialism for more than forty years. Some of these joined the Party thirty years ago becoming very active in propaganda work. Originally working as a group at their place of work they sold thousands of Socialist Standards and pamphlets and took regular weekly collections for the Party from sympathizers over a period of years. Thus, our comrade Posner by quietly and patiently convincing others, set off a chain of socialist activity. He was a frequent chairman at outdoor meetings especially at Hyde Park; a consistent and staunch member, he will be missed.

P. H.

Blogger's Note:

This obituary notice was already on the blog. It was part of a News from the Branches column that was originally posted on the blog back in 2014 but it was somehow lost in the mix. Comrade Posner's obituary deserves its own post. Nat Posner originally joined the Bloomsbury Branch of the SPGB in February 1940, and his Form A tells us that before he joined the SPGB, he was a member of the Communist Party, He wrote a handful of articles for the Socialist Standard in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and they are well worth checking out.

SPGB Meetings (1937)

Party News from the October 1937 issue of the Socialist Standard

Blogger's Note:

It's interesting to note that a C. Umpleby was listed as a SPGB contact in Leeds during this period. I'm sure there was a Dave Umpleby who was active in the SPGB in South Yorkshire during the 1990s and 2000s. I wonder if they were related? Umpleby can't be that common a name.

SPGB Meetings (1935)

Party News from the October 1935 issue of the Socialist Standard

Blogger's Note:

'Robertus' was the pen-name of Robert Reynolds.

SPGB Meetings (1936)

Party News from the July 1936 issue of the Socialist Standard

Blogger's Note:

'Comrade Clifford', who was the London speaker at the Durdham Downs, Bristol meeting, was Clifford Groves.

SPGB Meetings (1946)

Party News from the November 1946 issue of the Socialist Standard

SPGB Meetings (1964)

Party News from the October 1964 issue of the Socialist Standard

SPGB Meetings (1933)

Party News from the October 1933 issue of the Socialist Standard

 

Blogger's Notes:

'R. Lord' was Robert Lord, who joined Central Branch of the SPGB in October 1925. His membership lapsed in January 1935.

'A. Goldberg' is not listed in the membership records but there was a David Goldberg, who was a member of Hackney Branch from March until 1925 until he was killed in action during World War Two. Barltrop mentions him in The Monument.

'S. Stewart' was the party name used by Stella Jackson.

There is no listing in the (incomplete) party membership records for a 'D. Russell'.

'G. Cameron' possibly William Cameron.

Donations to general account (1938)

Party News from the October 1938 issue of the Socialist Standard

Donations to General Funds and the New Premises Fund (1935)

Party News from the August 1935 issue of the Socialist Standard

SPGB Meetings (1935)

Party News from the August 1935 issue of the Socialist Standard

Blogger's Note:

L. Otway was the partner of May Otway, both joining the Walthamstow Branch of the SPGB in October 1924. He lapsed his membership in May 1942, two years after she had resigned from the SPGB over the Party's position on the war.

SPGB Meetings (1936)

Party News from the August 1936 issue of the Socialist Standard

SPGB Meetings (1937)

Party News from the August 1937 issue of the Socialist Standard

Parliamentary Fund (1937)

Party News from the July 1937 issue of the Socialist Standard

SPGB Meetings (1937)

Party News from the July 1937 issue of the Socialist Standard

Donations to Party Funds. (1938)

Party News from the July 1938 issue of the Socialist Standard