My cousin Ian Taylor, who has died aged 76, devoted his life to the service of Bournemouth Labour party and Fabian Society.
He joined the party at the age of 16. Within months he was elected as assistant secretary for Bournemouth East. He recounted how this was in effect a “mugging”, as he was now required to address by hand the literature envelopes for every voter in the constituency, some 60,000. He completed this task and later became secretary, a post he held for 18 years.
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