tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post2091600184659400031..comments2023-10-29T09:52:15.316+00:00Comments on DEPTFORD MISC: The Sad Death of Edward PluckThe Grim Reaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-80353828764094443332010-12-13T19:48:43.293+00:002010-12-13T19:48:43.293+00:00Bill
Thanks so much for adding this info. I'm...Bill<br />Thanks so much for adding this info. I'm Edward's GGG-grandaughter through his daughter Esther and knew of the Hardie Commons connection, but had not yet discovered a newspaper report.salong999https://www.blogger.com/profile/06397289167024041717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-52128539465416047332010-12-03T15:25:27.752+00:002010-12-03T15:25:27.752+00:00Edward was forgotten in Deptford, but his great gr...Edward was forgotten in Deptford, but his great great grandaughter and a Pluck family researcher in Australia were both aware of him.<br /><br />It is, to the best of my knowledge, the only direct connection between Keir Hardie and Deptford. (Checking that, I find that Hardie returned to the subject in the Commons on 3 July 1893) See: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1893/jul/03/The Grim Reaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369913438808659085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822491436217658433.post-28772771390643612812010-12-03T11:41:08.799+00:002010-12-03T11:41:08.799+00:00Always very interesting to read these long forgott...Always very interesting to read these long forgotten stories which had an important bearing on todays work enviroments. I am bricklayer and have been for forty years and still work practices today, especially subcontract, have the same cut and dry attitude finnishing men at work. Nice article.<br /><br />Andy<br />olddeptfordhistoryAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318768945646828358noreply@blogger.com