Project ID: 623
| Description | The life of Sam Wood who went to work in the mines at the age of nine but went on to become a trade union leader and eventually an MP who introduced the unsuccessful Miners' Eight Hour Bill in 1893 |
| Topics | Social history |
| Type | U3A-led research (SLP) |
| U3A | |
| Year started | 2017 |
| Source of reference | Third Age Matters 26, Spring 17, p11 |
| Notes | This is one of number of SLPs linked to the Citizens project at Royal Holloway College - see file card 547 for details See www.citizens800.org/U3A for more information |