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- ↑ Richard, Gurnham (1976). A History of the Trade Union movement in the Hosiery and Knitwear Industry. Leicester: National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers.
- 1 2 Richard Stevens, "Charlesworth, John James", Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.X, pp.42–47