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katex · 28-09-2009, 12:08

Mentioned this thread to my friends whilst I was on holiday. My friend's father worked for Howard and Bulloughs and talked about the strike they had for about 16 weeks (?). His father was a heavy smoker and couldn't afford the tobacco, so my friend went around the street collecting 100's of stubs, taking off the tobacco that was left and presented it to him. He was thrilled with his very young son's actions .. smoked it too.

Don't know what the strike was about though ? Would possibly be in the early 50s.

28-09-2009, 12:08	#38
katex Resting in Peace Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clayton-le-Moors Posts: 10,551 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 16 times Rep Power: 11258	Re: Howard & Bullough Mentioned this thread to my friends whilst I was on holiday. My friend's father worked for Howard and Bulloughs and talked about the strike they had for about 16 weeks (?). His father was a heavy smoker and couldn't afford the tobacco, so my friend went around the street collecting 100's of stubs, taking off the tobacco that was left and presented it to him. He was thrilled with his very young son's actions .. smoked it too. Don't know what the strike was about though ? Would possibly be in the early 50s.