Staffordshire Farmers striking at Birkenhead Docks

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Date:7th of November 1974

Description:Members of the National Farmers Union Leek and Rushton branch picketing at Birkenhead Docks in 1974. Four coachloads of North Staffordshire livestock farmers travelled to Birkenhead to protest against the unloading of live cattle from Ireland. They joined cattle farmers from North Wales, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and Shropshire at Woodside Dock.

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Trade Unions Strikes & Demonstrations Farming Farmers And Farm Workers

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Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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