1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bermondsey Constituency – Biography of Talbot

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bermondsey

CANDIDATE : Talbot

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss B. E. Talbot did much work with Red Cross and refugee organizations in Belgium, Italy, Turkey, and Russia during and after the 1914-18 war. Later she campaigned energetically for improvements in the conditions of merchant seamen and to gain first-hand experience served before the mast in a ” windjammer.” Also promoted the cooperative cultivation of waste ground and organized sports camps for blind soldiers from St. Dunstan’s.

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