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Wolff (Leigh) family tree

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George and Flora Wolff   George/Gerard Wolff (b. 1858, d. 1927)                 m. 1889 to Sarah Fresco (b. 1855, d. 1895)                      |--- Louisa (b. 1891)                    |--- Alec (b. 1894)                m. 1899 to Flora (Bloomah) Sugarman   (1865-1943)                    |                    |---  Henrietta (b. 1900)                    |                    |--- Sidney Samuel (b. 1901)                    |                     |--- Elizabeth Rose (Bessie) (b. Sept 1...

World In Action, 19 March 1973, The Coal Enquiries

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2250586/

Hansard 1983

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1983/mar/24/adjournment-easter-and-may-day Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) In the few minutes at my disposal I want to refer to a long-standing issue that is well known to certain Members of the House who have been involved in the affair. I refer to what some would say is the celebrated case of Alan Grimshaw. For many years, until his death a few days ago, Alan Grimshaw tried to obtain justice in respect of his employment with the National Coal Board and his investigation into the NCB's acquisition of roof supports in the 1960s and 1970s, which culminated in his appearance before the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries in 1973 and 1974. Alan Grimshaw was an NCB executive who decided that there was something wrong with the way in which the NCB's accounting system was being carried out, especially in respect of the purchase of spares and roof supports. During his investigations he, along with another employee of the NCB who was ...

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Why The Germans Can't Get Enough Of English Markets

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Camping in southern Scotland

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