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Mystery has surrounded a picture of a boy being dragged away by police during the 1911 transport strike in Liverpool.
Sunday 13th August 1911 saw the worst riots to occur in Liverpool during the 'Transport Strike' where approximately 80,000 people attended a rally at St. Georges Plateau.
But the location where the picture was taken remains unsolved.
The strike was led by Tom Mann, Chairman of the Strike Committee and the strikers included dockers, railway workers, sailors and many others.
The strike began in Southampton where the National Sailors and Firemen's Unions demanded improved conditions for their membership.
This soon spread to other ports including Liverpool, where the demands of the 'National Sailors' and Firemen's Union' were not met despite being met elsewhere, so the strike continued.
Factories shut down and an estimated half a million people were on strike. The dock system and railways grinded to a halt as nothing came in or out of the city.
Scuffles broke out between police and protesters and the situation escalated, with many people injured and four men suffered gunshot wounds.
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