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"The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff" - a show

A story of extreme childhood poverty, sleeping rough, hunger marches, mass trespasses, the Battle of Cable Street, fighting fascists in the Spanish civil war, wounded 3 times, fighting Nazism in WWII, decorated...
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"The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff" follows the footsteps of a working class hero who witnessed some of the most momentous events of the 1930s
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EXPLORE THE INTERACTIVE APP FOLLOWING JOHNNY'S JOURNEY, THROUGH ARCHIVE RECORDINGS AND NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS ...
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John Edward Longstaff: Oral History
British civilian member of Central Wandsworth Branch of Labour Party League of Youth in London, Great Britain, 1935-1937; served with 15th International Brigade in Spain, 11/1937-10/1938
🎙️Imperial War Museum recordings
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