Reference number
  • ASV
Date
  • 1964-1977
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Minutes and related material, re: North West Council and annual conference, 1967-1971; financial records, 1970; correspondence re: Trade Union involvement in the peace campaign, 1967-1974; publications, press releases and newsletters, 1970-1975; petitions, signed by MPs, 1974; copies of Vietnamese Five-Year Plan, and political reports, 1976; press cuttings, 1973-1975; photographs.
Extent
  • 5 boxes
Admin history
  • During the 1950s and 1960s Askins was a bus conductor and shop steward, and Communist Party industrial organiser. Also joint secretary of the National Council, he was involved as secretary in the North-West Regional Council for Peace in Vietnam.
Access status
  • Open
Language/scripts of material
  • English