1880 VERY RARE ORIGINAL VICTORIAN poster OF SHROPSHIRE IRON INDUSTRY INTEREST South Staffordshire Mill & Forge Wages Board A MASS MEETING OF THE IRONWORKERS OF SHROPSHIRE Will be Held on Monday August 30th (1880 ) At Eleven O’clock in the Forenoon AT THE TOWN HALL OAKENGATES For the Purpose of supporting the Wages Board by which the Ironworkers’ Wages in this District are regulated, The Treasurer and the Operative’s Secretary will attend to make explanations, All Ironworkers are invited to attend in promotion of their own interests, By Order of the Shropshire District Committee, August 21st, 1880

Language: English

Published by John Steen & Co, Old Grammar School Printing Works, St. John Street, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 1880

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Published in 1880, this is a very rare surviving poster measuring 20 inches by 30 inches approx. advertising a meeting for the local Ironworkers at the Oakengates Town Hall about the workers wages. A nice local interest item relating to the area including Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale, the heart of the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. The poster is printed on very thin paper and is in a very worn state, with splits and loss to edges and fold lines, paper is brittle along fold lines, two old tape repairs, tape now gone from one of the repairs, else condition as seen. Poster will be posted folded along existing fold lines., this is a lighter item, overseas shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout.

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1880 VERY RARE ORIGINAL VICTORIAN poster OF SHROPSHIRE IRON INDUSTRY INTEREST South Staffordshire Mill & Forge Wages Board A MASS MEETING OF THE IRONWORKERS OF SHROPSHIRE Will be Held on Monday August 30th (1880 ) At Eleven O’clock in the Forenoon AT THE TOWN HALL OAKENGATES For the Purpose of supporting the Wages Board by which the Ironworkers’ Wages in this District are regulated, The Treasurer and the Operative’s Secretary will attend to make explanations, All Ironworkers are invited to attend in promotion of their own interests, By Order of the Shropshire District Committee, August 21st, 1880
Author
South Staffordshire Mill & Forge Wages
Publisher
John Steen & Co, Old Grammar School Printing Works, St. John Street, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
Publication year
1880
Condition
Fair
Binding
No Binding
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition

Andrew Cox PBFA

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