Newspaper cuttings concerning JPW Mallalieu's retirement

Scope and Content

Newspaper articles concerning JPW Mallalieu's retirement as MP for Huddersfield East (and formerly Huddersfield before the constituency was split in 1950). The file includes many articles and interviews that provide a concise biography of Mallalieu's life and political career, including: a letter that Mallalieu wrote to the editor of the Huddersfield Examiner upon his retirement thanking his colleagues and the constituents of Huddersfield for his career; an article containing an interview with Mallalieu in which he gives his opinion on famous postwar political figures including, Atlee, Bevin, Bevan, Gaitskell, Macmillan and Thatcher; and articles which relate to the 1979 General Election and Mallalieu's successor as Labour MP for Huddersfield East, Barry Sheerman. The file also includes a copy of Yorkshire Life magazine, Mar 1979, which includes an interview with Mallalieu about his life and work, p50-51.

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