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#464023 20th Jan 2011 5:08pm
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Does anyone have any information on Henry Pelling he was a trade union and political historian born in Birkenhead 1920 and died 1997.
I know he went to Birkenhead High School
Where did he live?
Sister and Brothers?
Army career?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Henry M Pelling 1920-1997

Son of Douglas Langley Pelling 1889-1958 & Maud M.Mathison.

Siblings:

John Loud Pelling 1918-1998
Eleanor M. Pelling 1927-

Douglas Langley Pelling was the son of Thomas Loud Pelling a Fruit Merchant from Sussex & his wife Jessie Robinson (married in Ormskirk in 1868). The family lived in "Fernleigh" Poplar Road, Oxton. Birkenhead.

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Thanks very much for that information.I am in the process of writing a short essay for a Diploma in Trade Union History that i am takong and finding it very differcult in finding any personal information about Henry Pelling.Is there any further info you can give me or point me in the right directon.
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