Editing Ben Tillett
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==Early career== |
==Early career== |
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He was born in [[Bristol]]. He started work in a [[brickyard]] at eight years of age and was a [[Risley (circus act)|"Risley"]] boy for two years. At 12 years of age, he served for six months on a [[smack (ship)|fishing smack]], was afterwards apprenticed to a [[bootmaker]] and then joined the [[Royal Navy]]. He was invalided out of the navy and made several voyages in merchant ships. He then settled at the London Docks, and took up work as a docker.<ref name=eb>{{EB1922|wstitle=Tillett, Benjamin|inline=1}}</ref> |
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==Trade union activities== |
==Trade union activities== |