miranda richardson played barbara castle in made in dagenham.
miranda richardson played barbara castle in made in dagenham.
who played barbara castle in made in dagenham?
miranda richardson
castle also helped make history when she intervened in the ford sewing machinists' strike of 1968, in which the women of the dagenham ford plant demanded to be paid the same as their male counterparts. she helped resolve the strike, which resulted in a pay rise for ford's female workers bringing them to 92% of what the men received. most significantly, as a consequence of this strike, castle put through the equal pay act 1970. a 2010 british film, "made in dagenham", was based on the ford strike. she was portrayed by miranda richardson.
barbara castle
in september 2008 northern rail, blackburn with darwen borough council and pteg (passenger transport executive group) named a train after her. the plaque was unveiled by barbara's niece, sonya hinton, and ruth kelly mp (then secretary of state for transport). a commemorative brochure of the event was produced by pteg.









































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bullet::::- 19441945: mrs barbara castle









































bullet::::- 19451964: " the honourable" mrs barbara castle









































bullet::::- 19641974: "the right honourable" mrs barbara castle









































bullet::::- 19741979: "the right honourable" the lady castle









































bullet::::- 1979: "the right honourable" the lady castle
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