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Excerpt: Local Pensioners
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File mostly comprises correspondence from the Haringey Senior Citizens’ Campaigning Council expressing concern re Labour Party policy relating to pensions. Includes correspondents such as: Labour Party, Tony Blair (Labour Leader of the Opposition), Olive Rainbird (Secretary of the Haringey Senior Citizens’ Campaigning Council). Relates to issues such as the Borrie report; policy development; campaigning; demonstrations; social welfare; Hornsey, Wood Green and Tottenham Pensioners Action Group; Labour Party. Contains biographical profile information re Olive Rainbird. See colour 5×7 photograph in BG/P/13/1 photograph record series [‘campaigning’ file] of local Tottenham pensioners protesting at the House of Commons.

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