Hague was born in Dixon Street, Crossbank, Waterhead, Oldham.[3] He worked as a cotton weaver. He studied at Oldham Technical College and held the honours certificate of the City and Guilds in plain and fancy weaving, and advanced certificates in spinning. He also attended Oldham School of Commerce to study spinners' costings and W.E.A. classes in economics. He then joined the staff of Oldham Technical College as a teacher of cotton weaving. In 1939 Mr. Hague was appointed organiser and collector for the Shaw district of Oldham Weavers' Association. and joined the Ashton-under-Lyne and District Weavers' Association in 1940.[4]He was elected as its general secretary by the mid-1950s,[5] and also became prominent in the Amalgamated Weavers' Association, to which it was affiliated. He joined the Army in 1940 and on demobilisation in 1945 was appointed to the Middleton branch. He became a Blackburn magistrate in 1951. He was a governor of Blackburn Technical College, and a member since its inception of the Blackburn Executive Council for the Health Services.
fred, hague, fred, garfield, hague, september, 1911, november, 1984, british, trade, unionist, fred, hague, hague, born, dixon, street, crossbank, waterhead, oldham, worked, cotton, weaver, studied, oldham, technical, college, held, honours, certificate, city,. Fred Garfield Hague 29 September 1911 1 2 13 November 1984 was a British trade unionist Fred G Hague Hague was born in Dixon Street Crossbank Waterhead Oldham 3 He worked as a cotton weaver He studied at Oldham Technical College and held the honours certificate of the City and Guilds in plain and fancy weaving and advanced certificates in spinning He also attended Oldham School of Commerce to study spinners costings and W E A classes in economics He then joined the staff of Oldham Technical College as a teacher of cotton weaving In 1939 Mr Hague was appointed organiser and collector for the Shaw district of Oldham Weavers Association and joined the Ashton under Lyne and District Weavers Association in 1940 4 He was elected as its general secretary by the mid 1950s 5 and also became prominent in the Amalgamated Weavers Association to which it was affiliated He joined the Army in 1940 and on demobilisation in 1945 was appointed to the Middleton branch He became a Blackburn magistrate in 1951 He was a governor of Blackburn Technical College and a member since its inception of the Blackburn Executive Council for the Health Services Hague was elected as President of the Weavers Amalgamation in 1964 He stood down in 1968 to serve a year as Chairman of the General Federation of Trade Unions then in 1971 was elected as General Secretary of the Amalgamation 6 He negotiated a merger with the National Union of Textile and Allied Workers which formed the Amalgamated Textile Workers Union serving as its joint General Secretary for a year then solo for a further year when he retired 4 He died in Bardsley Vale Avenue 7 Oldham Lancashire in 1984 2 References Edit 1939 England and Wales Register a b England amp Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916 2007 Hague Family Archive Cheshire BMD a b Report of the 117th Trades Union Congress p 390 Report of the 1956 Trades Union Congress Edwin Hopwood A History of the Lancashire Cotton Industry and the Amalgamated Weavers Association p 190 Hague Family Archive Trade union officesPreceded byG Bannister General Secretary of the Blackburn Weavers Association1946 1951 Succeeded byJohn CassonPreceded byLewis Wright General Secretary of the Ashton Weavers Association1953 1971 Succeeded byPosition abolishedPreceded byErnest Thornton President of the Amalgamated Weavers Association1964 1968 Succeeded byHilda UnsworthPreceded byF C Henry Chairman of the General Federation of Trade Unions1969 Succeeded byJim BrowningPreceded byHarry Kershaw General Secretary of the Amalgamated Weavers Association1971 1974 Succeeded byPosition abolishedPreceded byNew position General Secretary of the National Union of Textile and Allied Workers1974 1976 With Joe King 1974 1975 Succeeded byJack Brown This biographical article about a trade unionist in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred Hague amp oldid 1099141085, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
