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- ↑ University of Warwick Modern Records Centre, "Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives, 1968-1990s"
- 1 2 John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6, p.104