Yes you can. Back in the day, it was very dangerous to work in a match factory.

You could get something called 'phossy jaw' which was not very nice. You also had to work long hours for rubbish pay. Then someone got sacked for no good reason and the girls (mostly young teenagers) and women went on strike. Long story short, the management caved.

It was one of the first successful strike actions in this country and had an influence on future unionism. Go girls!

Posted By: Bravo win or die on November 29th 2017 at 20:38:51

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How many of these can you get OG? A rubbish 7/12 for me. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 29, 20:07:24
- 9 (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, Nov 29, 21:27:01
- 12/12 (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 29, 20:58:47
- 6 (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 29, 20:30:23
- You are kidding! (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 29, 20:14:42
  - Kudos! You are a proper citizen. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 29, 20:23:28
    - how does knowing all of that make you a better citizen? (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 29, 20:35:36
      - I'm with you Tombs. I'm not sure who thought up this test for people wanting (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 29, 20:43:02
        
        i can do that, US states and English counties in roughly 3-4 mins each (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 29, 20:47:28
        
        We used to had a UK jigsaw of all the counties. I was really quick at completing it. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 29, 20:50:49
        
        Africa is great, all the Z's are together (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 29, 20:57:45
        
        I’m pointless (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 29, 20:44:03
      - ^ hell yeah (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 29, 20:42:57
    - I learned almost all that stuff between the ages of 8 and 10 (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 29, 20:29:38
    - BWOD, can I ask you about the 1888 Bryant and May match ‘girls’ strike? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 29, 20:27:19
      - hare goo (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Nov 29, 20:41:17
        
        I knew all that, I’d just forgotten it (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 29, 20:49:59
      - Yes you can. Back in the day, it was very dangerous to work in a match factory. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 29, 20:38:51
        
        it’s wonderful that one of the first successful strike actions involved matches (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 29, 20:42:33
        
        :) (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Nov 29, 20:45:20
  - Wow, impressive (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 29, 20:16:15
- An acceptable eight. (n/m) (General Chat) - archroy, Nov 29, 20:11:48
- 7 (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 29, 20:11:18
- Yah, 7/7 for moi. Batey (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Nov 29, 20:09:40

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