The front of the banner
© Courtesy of Jewish Museum London
The reverse of the banner
© Courtesy of Jewish Museum London
Interactive web page for the banner
Source: jewishmuseum.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/jb-London-Jewish-Bakers-Union-bannerGrodzinsky's Bakery in Whitechapel
The poster in the window says in English and Yiddish that it is a trade union shop; AD 1914 – 1916.
Yiddish typewriter; mid-1900s
Source: jewishmuseum.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/jb-Yiddish-typewriterInformation about the General Strike of 1926
Source: bl.uk
Visit the site http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item107681.htmlThe Great Depression
Source: bl.uk
Information about the depression including audio of the first Labour prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald.
Visit the site http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item107595.htmlCartoon about the General Strike
Source: cartoons.ac.uk
A mine owner sits above the ruin of his mine as he adheres to his motto of non-interference by government.
Visit the site http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/browse/cartoon_item/anytext=general%20strike?page=16Cartoon about the General Strike
Source: cartoons.ac.uk
The prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, as a jockey on a pantomime horse trying to lead the miners with a carrot, while the public suggests he gives the mine-owners at the back end of the horse 'a smack'.
Visit the site http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/browse/cartoon_item/anytext=general%20strike?page=18BBC Bitesize activity on the General Strike
Source: bbc.co.uk
Visit the site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/britain/generalstrikerev1.shtmlMoving to Britain
Source:
Sources from the National Archives about Jewish immigration to Britain in the early 20th century.
Visit the site http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/census/events/britain4.htmPDF from the Museum of London on immigration to London
Source: museumoflondon.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/files/7613/7052/8090/Wheredolondonerscomefrom.pdfOutside the classroom
Jewish Museum, London
Source: jewishmuseum.org.u
Visit the site http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/People's History Museum, Manchester
Source: phm.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.phm.org.uk/Manchester Jewish Museum
Source: manchesterjewishmuseum.com
Visit the site http://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/South Wales Miners Museum, Port Talbot
Source: swmm.co.uk
Visit the site http://www.swmm.co.uk/National Coalmining Museum, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Source: ncm.org.uk
Visit the site https://www.ncm.org.uk/Museum of London, Docklands
Source: museumoflondon.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands/19 Princelet Street, Spitalfields, London
Source: 19princeletstreet.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.19princeletstreet.org.uk/