Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1230 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Records of George Shotton: dispute with Darlington District Committee of A.U.E.W. trade union
Covering Dates: 1957-1980
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- Miscellaneous documents
- Records concerning the dispute with the Darlington District Committee of the A.U.E.W. (Ref: D/X 1230/1-7)
- Newspaper cuttings concerning the dispute with the Darlington District Committee of the A.U.E.W. (Ref: D/X 1230/8-9)
- A.U.E.W. contribution cards (Ref: D/X 1230/10-14)
- Records concerning cartoons (Ref: D/X 1230/15-17)
Catalogue Description
Records given22 January 1999 Acc: 2577(D)
These records were collected by George Shotton, Secretary of the Newton Aycliffe and District Trades Council and later shop steward of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (A.U.E.W.), and concern his political activities, especially his dispute with the Darlington District Committee of the A.U.E.W., which was settled in the High Court in 1976.
Catalogue Contents
Records concerning the dispute with the Darlington District Committee of the A.U.E.W. (Ref: D/X 1230/1-7)Ref: D/X 1230/1
Letters to George Shotton, 30 Greathead Crescent, Newton Aycliffe, from H. Hammond, Darlington District Secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, 66 Duke Street, Darlington, and from Latimer, Hinks, Marsham and Little, solicitors, 7-8 Priestgate, Darlington, concerning George Shotton's dispute with the A.U.E.W. over its refusal to confirm his election as a shop steward, which progressed from the executive and the final appeals court of the A.U.E.W. to the High Court, 30 May 1973 - 5 September 1979
(27 papers)
Ref: D/X 1230/2Letters from H. Hammond, Darlington District Secretary of the A.U.E.W., 6 Duke Street, Darlington, to Anthony Wilson, 7 Bigland Terrace, South Church, Bishop Auckland, concerning George Shotton's dispute with the A.U.E.W., 9 January - 5 May 1976
(6 papers)
Ref: D/X 1230/3Notes made by George Shotton concerning his legal case against the Darlington District Committee of the A.U.E.W., 28 October 1975 - 21 April 1976
(35 papers)
Ref: D/X 1230/4Account of a meeting of representatives of the A.U.E.W. in support of George Shotton, 27 February [1976]
(2 papers)
Ref: D/X 1230/5Copy affidavits of George Shotton, Henry Hammond and Hugh Parr Scanlon, copy statement of claim and copy notice of motion, concerning the case of Shotton versus Hammond and others, in Chancery, 25 March - 15 July 1976
(84 papers)
Ref: D/X 1230/6Minutes (unsigned) of the A.U.E.W. Darlington District Committee, discussing George Shotton's dispute with the Darlington District Committee, 30 November and 18 December 1976
(4 papers)
Ref: D/X 1230/7Certificate awarded to George Shotton by the Ross McWhirter Foundation for defending the authority of the A.U.E.W. against dissident members of the District Committee, 15 February 1978
(1 card)
Newspaper cuttings concerning the dispute with the Darlington District Committee of the A.U.E.W. (Ref: D/X 1230/8-9)Ref: D/X 1230/8Newpaper cuttings covering George Shotton's legal case against the Darlington District Committee of the A.U.E.W., from the Evening Despatch, The Northern Echo, The Guardian, The Times, and the Evening Gazette, 27 October 1975 - 16 September 1977
(24 papers)
Ref: D/X 1230/9Insight, a newspaper of the A.U.E.W., nos. 24, 27, 28, 1976-1977
(3 booklets)
A.U.E.W. contribution cards (Ref: D/X 1230/10-14)Ref: D/X 1230/10A.E.U. [Amalgamated Engineering Union] contribution card of George Shotton, 1957-1958
(1 booklet)
Ref: D/X 1230/11A.E.U. contribution card of George Shotton, 1963-1964
(1 card)
Ref: D/X 1230/12A.U.E.W. contribution card of George Shotton, 1971-1972
(1 card)
Ref: D/X 1230/13A.U.E.W. contribution card of George Shotton, 1973-1974
(1 card)
Ref: D/X 1230/14A.U.E.W. contribution card of George Shotton, 1979-1980
(1 card)
Records concerning cartoons (Ref: D/X 1230/15-17)Ref: D/X 1230/15Correspondence between George Shotton, Secretary of the Newton Aycliffe and District Trades Council, 7 Hunter Road, Newton Aycliffe, and Dick Leonard, editor of Plebs, N.C.L.C. Publishing Society, 11 Dartmouth Street, London, concerning his submission of cartoons to Plebs, 10 August 1965 - 11 February 1966
(9 papers)
Ref: D/X 1230/16Cartoon depicting the parliamentary candidates, standing for the Darlington constituency during the general election, as boxers in a 'three cornered contest', 1970
(1 card)
Ref: D/X 1230/17Cartoon of an unnamed trade unionist [Hugh Scanlon?], n.d., c.1976?
(1 paper)
