1949 Royal Tour of Wales: The Duke in Bangor
This clip from May 1949 features HRH The Duke of Edinburgh being installed as Chancellor of the University of Wales at Bangor. He is joined by the future Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Clement ...
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Clement Attlee
In the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey lie the ashes of Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, PC, OM, CH, FRS. The inscription on the Indian black marble slab reads: ...
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From miner to minister: Exhibition for Wales' forgotten MP
The other, fortuitously for British history, was Clement Attlee and the pair became firm friends. "Some of the papers in the exhibition show how, 17 years before Attlee's landslide election ...
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Labour Reforms - The Welfare State 1945-1951
The Conservative Party was led by Winston Churchill, while the Labour Party was led by Clement Attlee. In July 1945, the Labour Party won the election with a majority. The Labour Party formed the ...
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Ernest Bevin
The address was given by Prime Minister Clement Attlee. A memorial service had been held on 24th April. The inscription on the stone reads: THE RIGHT HON. ERNEST BEVIN M.P. TRADE UNIONIST AND ...