Ben Tillett MP
(1861-1943)

Easton Time Signs Trail #1g

Ben Tillett 1861-1943 President of TUC and MP Born in Easton, Bristol in 1860. Founded the first unions for unskilled workers and a leader of the Great London Dock Strike of 1889. He went on to be a founder member of the Labour Party and the Daily Herald Newspaper.

8 Combefactory Lane, (upper Bannerman Road), Easton, Bristol, United Kingdom where they lived