Milk churns being delivered to Hyde Park, London, during the General Strike mb-width 2531 pictured at home in Denham

pictured at home in Denham

Partial view of St Katherine Cree and the Aldgate watch house

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle contemplating the plurality of worlds

Thoorkook fighting Byama

Milk churns being delivered to Hyde Park, London, during the General Strike mb-width 2531 pictured at home in DenhamMilk churns being delivered to Hyde Park, London, during the General Strike, 8 May 1926. The General Strike lasted ten days, from 3 to 13 May 1926. It was called by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in solidarity with the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) in an attempt to force the British government to take action to prevent planned wage reductions and increases in working hours in the coal mining industry. The strike failed to achieve its