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Old 30-07-21, 10:47 AM
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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...
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