Hi Mike and Leigh
Thanks for your replies and the humour too!
Yes, I think that the Pontypridd is as you state, Leigh. That Silver Badge Party has always intrigued me and, I guess, that to be a member you had to have....a SILVER WAR BADGE!
I think that I posted an excerpt from a paper of the period that explained the Comrades and the Federation under the wonderful title of:
"
The FODADS and the La-Dee-Dahs"
Upon reading further, it becomes clear (and Wootton's book bears this out) that the Comrades were, despite their name that I for some time I thought was an indication of early Bolshevism, seen as very much elitist.
Interesting what you can learn when you look at original accounts...