Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain The Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers of Great Britain was a trade union representing workers in iron- and steelworks, principally in Scotland. The union was founded in Glasgow in 1888 and was originally named the Associated Society of Millmen. John Hodge of the British Steel Smelters Association (BSSA) acted as the union's first secretary, but he stood down a year later, when members elected their own representative, John Cronin. The union grew rapidly, despite charging new members a one-off fee of 5 shillings, membership reaching 3,000 by 1892,
Peter Bull Bull was also the first actor to portray Pozzo in the English-language version of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting For Godot" when it opened on 3 August 1955. Bull's performance as the Soviet Ambassador, Alexi de Sadesky, in "Dr Strangelove" (1964) is probably the best known of his many film and TV appearances. He was cast as Thwackum, one of Blifil's two tutors, in the 1963 film "Tom Jones". (The other tutor, Square, of contrasting build and character, was played by John Moffatt.) In the 1970s, he ran a small shop just off Notting Hill Gate, selling zodiac-related items. Bull wrote a