Labour In Colour

Images from @UKLabour history colourised by hand. All originals are in the public domain unless specified. Created by @jsbarretto.

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"I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision."

Clement Attlee, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, in 1938 (original author (NPG) Bassano Ltd)

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Alice Cullen (née McLaughlin), MP for Glasgow Gorbals, 1950 (original author (NPG) Bassano Ltd)

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"The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall."

Denis Healey, Secretary of State for Defence and Chancellor, 1952 (original author (NPG) Elliott & Fry)

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Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon, 1936 (original author (NPG) Howard Coster)

Henderson was a Labour councillor and prominent member of the Fabian Society. During the Spanish Civil War, he served in a Republican field hospital before opening his home to 40 child evacuees.

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Grace Mary Colman, MP for Tynemouth during the Attlee government and educator, 1945

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@Cllr_Roxsie Brilliant! Great to hear they're being enjoyed.

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Herbert Gladstone, Liberal Home Secretary, Son of William Gladstone, 1918 (original author (NPG) Walter Stoneman)

In 1903, Herbert worked with the Labour Leader, Ramsay MacDonald, in forming a pact between the two parties to ensure that neither party split the vote of the other.

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@davidcoppin What a lovely photo! You wouldn't happen to have any more containing figures from Labour history, would you?

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Dame Elizabeth Lee Manning, MP for Islington East, later Epping, and NEC member, 1946 (original author (NPG) Bassano Ltd)

Lee helped to arrange the evacuation of almost 4,000 children to Britain during the Spanish Civil War.

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William Warbey, MP for Luton and later Broxtowe/Ashfield, 1947 (original author (NPG) Bassano Ltd)

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Apologies for this account's recent silence. A new colourisation is coming tonight!

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"There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up."

Tony Benn, Minister in the Wilson Labour Government and ex-Spitfire pilot, 1947 (original owner (NPG) Bassano Ltd)

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@Alastair_Warner If you come across any good Creative Commons photographs of either, let me know!

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Who do you want to see colourised next?

Suggestions welcome.

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Arthur Greenwood, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, was instrumental in ensuring that Britain fought Nazi Germany. Here he is in 1948 (original owner (NPG) Karl Pollark)

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@PollyBillington Brilliant suggestions! If people want more scenes, I can do that. It's worth noting that they take much longer and that Creative Commons images of such things tend to be rarer. If you come across any, I'd love to know!

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@tinyredharvey I've done both already (Ellen twice), but I'm more than happy to revisit them. If you come across a good Creative Commons photo of either I'd love to know.

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@AlexanderBarl11 I've already colourised a few of those, but am happy to revisit them. If you come across any good Creative Commons images, I'd love to know!

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@HarryTGTaylor @benjohnlockley If you come across a Creative Commons image of such a scene, I'd love to give it a go. Unfortunately, the cost of licencing most images is prohibitively high.