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Notes on Shillington and Stotfold for the Open Air Meetings Campaign.

Notes for open air meetings on 24 July 1948.

From: 1948 To: 1948

Notes read:- 'Shillington. 1,011 Electors. Shillington is an extremely difficult place - without any exception one the most difficult in the Division. There is a strong Radical element - also Labour. Mr. Simkins of Rose Hill Farm, Shillington will always put up posters, and suggest you also see Mr. Mason, Green Farm. We recently held a Concert Party at which Mr. Lennox-Boyd was present - but very few indeed attended. The village is mainly agricultural - with the exception of a few who work in Luton and Hitchin. Our support is only about 20%. Stotfold. 2,424 Electors. At one time the Headquarters of the Labour Party. There is a very strong Radical and Labour element here, but we manage to hold our own. The Conservative Club is active, and will always do what they can. There is a women's Branch and a branch of the Young Conservatives - the latter, however, is not very active. Chairman of the Conservative Club is Mr. T.H. Johnson, Coppice Mead, Stotfold - Hon. Secretary Mr. B.O. Smith, Conservative Club. Chairman of the women's Branch is Mrs. Rose, Brook Street, Stotfold, Hon. Secretary Mrs. Powell, 46, High Street. Chairman Young Conservatives, Mr. Tookey, Vaughan Road, Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Lavin, School House. A large proportion of the people at Stotfold work at the Mental Asylum at Arlesey, otherwise they are engaged in agriculture and at the engineering works in Letchworth. We have a Discussion Group here which has not met frequently this winter - but never-the-less they are very keen.'

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Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association,
Wilson, Douglas,
Lennox-Boyd, Alan,
Johnson, Thomas Harry,
Smith, B O

Conservative Party, Conservative, Labour Party, Liberal Party, political parties, POLITICS, SHILLINGTON, STOTFOLD