Date:11th of December 1918
Description:Odell was the Labour party candidate for the 1918 General Election. All of the candidates specifically tried to appeal to female voters; in this poster Odell asks them to attend a meeting at Canterbury Road Schools. Whether many turned up is unknown but Odell failed to win the seat which was retained by Ernest Claude Meysey-Thompson.
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The 1918 General Election was held on December 14th and had extra importance due to the recent cease ...
Odell was the Labour candidate for the December 1918 General Election. Odell lived and worked in Handsworth; ...
This poster was displayed around Handsworth to encourage votes for local man Henry Odell. Here he lists ...
All of the candidates in 1918 specifically tried to appeal to female voters; in this poster Odell asks ...
This poster covers all of the key points Odell thought were of value in the Election. Thirteen of them ...
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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Central Library
Donor ref:LSH/ B'ham Parliamentary Elections 1918-22 LFF76.8 (14/5464)
Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library
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