The People's Entertainment Society 1940-1955

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The People's Entertainment Society 1940-1955

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1499-pes

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National Co-operative Archive

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SNAC Resource ID: 6282728

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Barnes Alfred 1887-1974

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The People's Entertainment Society

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The society was founded in 1941 by Alfred John Barnes (1887-1974). Barnes was a Labour Co-operative politician, and became the Co-operative Party founder and Chairman, director of the Co-operative Publishing Company and Chairman of the London Co-operative Society as well as holding other ministerial positions in government. He established the People’s Entertainment Society in 1941 and it continued to run through the Second World War up until the mid-1950s; by 1961 it had...