Trade union of postal sorting clerks. Founded by Wallace Cheesman and named after Henry Fawcett. The Women Sorters' Association and the Postal Bagmen's Association affiliated in 1908. In 1919 it was one of the unions which amalgamated to form the Union of Post Office Workers.
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Fawcett Association
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Wallace Cheesman
Wallace Bligh Cheesman, 1865 - 1947, founder of the Fawcett Association, live...
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William Samuel Abbs
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The Brentham Society
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William Samuel Abbs
Chairman and Secretary of Webheath Tenants Association for over 30 years, and married for 56 years. From the Camden New Journal "Bill Abbs was primarily known in Camden as an “old school” fighter ...
Queen Eleanor of Provence
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Henry Laurens
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