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Second Day - Wednesday 5 May
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Dock Pickets
Dock Pickets
Dispatch riders waiting outside Transport House
Dispatch riders waiting outside Transport House

Click on a link below to view documents and newspapers from the second day of the General Strike.

TUC Official Bulletin No. 2

TUC Intelligence Service No. 1, 5pm

TUC Intelligence Service No. 2, 8.30pm

Wireless Bulletin, 9.30pm

The British Worker

The British Gazette

Daily Mail

Daily Mirror

Emergency Press

Evening News

Manchester Guardian

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