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Joe Jacobs on young adult working class life in the East End of London in the 1930s. Including his involvement with the Communist Party of Great Britain. Submitted by Fozzie on May 7, 2026 1930 was a hard year. Wall Street had crashed in 1929 and we didn’t have to be told that there was a depression. Masses of unemployed could be seen everywhere. We had a Labour Government and as far as I could see they were not much better than their predecessors. The East End had voted solidly Labour and ha...