1945 was the beginning of the Labour Party dynasty in Blackburn with Barbara Castle's general election triumph and a succession of Labour Party stalwarts who laid the foundations for today's Blackburn Labour Party.

Copies of election returns and receipts of the time and photographs of well known activists of their day.

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Return of election expenses for Barbara Castle & John Edwards

 

Barbara introduced the breathalyzer        :           An extract from Barbara's 1966 election address              :          A news article from 1966