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Banner, No Poll Tax
Unknown, 1989, Banner
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Banner, No Poll Tax
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Item no
22384
Title
Banner, No Poll Tax
Description
Anti-Poll Tax banner. Gold satin twill with applique cotton lettering on one side. BROUGHTON INVERLEITH NO POLL TAX.
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Unknown
Date
1989
Size
H221cm x W164
Type
Banner
Location
The People's Story
Accession number
HH5793/98
The Poll Tax, or Community Charge was introduced in Scotland in 1988, by the Conservative Government. Many people refused to pay it and organised themselves into locally based protest groups. The Poll Tax was abandoned and replaced by the Council Tax in 1993.
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