The General Strike - hitching a lift

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The General Strike - hitching a lift

The Private Motorist does his bit to help people reach their work: An owner-driver at Southfields taking girls aboard. Girls hitching a ride to work during the General Strike. The cars windscreen carries a notice that says, If you want a lift, please signal. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts, the Trades Union Congress called a General Strike in early May 1926. The strike only involved certain key industrial sectors (docks, electricity, gas, railways) but, in the face of well-organised government emergency measures and lack of real public support, it collapsed after nine days. Date: May 1926

Media ID 14111255

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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