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July 2018 (Issue 57)

Expert articles from the July 2018 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

After strike action of three weeks they settled for 92% of the C grade rate. Although not equal pay the strike was given a high profile when the whole plant was closed and Barbara Castle, the Employment Minister, was brought in to help negotiate a settlement. This picture shows some of the women sewing machinists with placards and banners being interviewed outside the offices of Barbara Castle who meet and heard the strikers grienance's 28th June 1968
20th Century

Sisters in arms The Women's Liberation Movement

Chess players in the 14th century
General ancient history

Ancient board games: which ones did people play for fun in the past?

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