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File containing election leaflets for Betty Matthews of the Bedford Communist Party, Queens Park Ward candidate. Including: (i) Invitation to hear Betty Matthews at the Market Square on the 23rd Apr 1944. (ii) Leaflet entitled 'A letter for Every Elector in the Queens Park Ward', detailing Betty's practical plan for progress [1945]. (iii) Leaflet entitled 'A final message from Betty Matthews' listing 'five good reasons for voting for Betty Matthews' [1945]. (iv) Leaflet entitled 'Bridge the gap between council and people - when you vote remember the campaign for the Queen's Park Bridge!' outlining Betty's strong pledge to get the bridge erected [1946]. (v) Invitation to hear Betty speak on 'The Bridge, The Housing Shortage, and the Council' on 22nd Oct 1946. Including a press release reporting on the Council's decision to erect the Queen's Park Bridge. (vi) Leaflet entitled 'Keep the Tory out by putting Betty Matthews in' [1946]. (vii) Leaflet entitled 'A letter to Every Elector in Queen's Park from Betty Matthews' outlining Betty's policies ahead of polling on the 7th Mar 1946. (viii) Leaflet entitled 'A letter to Every Elector in Queen's Park from Betty Matthews' outlining Betty's policies ahead of polling on the 1st Nov 1946. (ix) Leaflet entitled 'A letter to Every Elector in Queen's Park from Betty Matthews' outlining Betty's policies ahead of polling on the 1st Nov 1947. (x) Leaflet entitled 'A letter from Betty Matthews' including a list of members of the Labour Party who have dissociated themselves from Philip Pritchard's message of support for the Tory candidate in Queen's Park, Bedford [1947]. (xi) Leaflet entitled 'The Tories are terrified - At all costs they want to keep Betty Matthews off the Town Council' [1947?]. (xii) Leaflet entitled 'Britain's Crisis - Queen's Park's needs', includes an invitation to hear Betty Matthews speak on the 21st October at Queen's Park School [1947]. (xiii) Invitation card entitled 'Public Debate Betty Matthews v. Councillor Philip Pritchard at Town Hall, Bedford' on the 22nd Mar 1948… 'Motion: 'That Mr. Pritchard's action in calling on people to vote for the Tory Candidate in Queen's Park was damaging to the interests of the Labour Movement'. (xiv) Leaflet entitled 'The Duty of a Candidate', including an invitation to hear Betty Matthews talk on the 11th May at Queens Park School [1949]. (xv) Leaflet entitled 'Time Marches On' concerning policies relating to housing development in the Queen's Park Ward and objection to Britain's aggressive foreign policy [1949]. (xvi) Leaflet with an invitation to hear Betty Matthews speak at Queen Park School on the 3rd May entitled 'Worried? About high prices, the housing shortage, the threat of war, the Bridge and other Queen's Park demands?' [1949]. (xvii) Leaflet entitled 'An important statement to the Electors of Bedford' concerning Betty Matthew's decision to withdraw from the Queen's Park Ward election. (xviii) Leaflet with an invitation to hear Betty Matthews speak at Queen Park's School on Wednesday 14th December [1949]. (xviv) Leaflet entitled 'A letter to Every Elector in Queen's Park' outlining Betty's policies ahead of polling on the 11th May 1950. (xx) Leaflet entitled 'A letter to Every Elector in Queen's Park' outlining Betty's policies ahead of polling on Thursday May 12th 1949. (xxi) Leaflet entitled 'A letter to Every Elector in Queen's Park' outlining Betty's policies ahead of polling before the 1950 general election.

c.1944 - 1950

From: 1944 To: 1950

No. of pieces: 21

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Bedford Queen's Park Bridge, HOUSING, Labour Party, Tory, Bedford Queen's Park