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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Water Orton to Walsall
Sutton Town Station: mrsc1152
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External view of Sutton Town station's main building
situated on the up platform accessed from Midland Drive. The date of the
photograph is unknown but thought to be post Second World War as the principal
user of the building was the Ministry of Labour and National Service which was
established in 1939, reflecting new duties under the National Service (Armed
Forces) Act 1939. It allocated people to work between the armed forces, civil
defence and industry, and to administer the Schedule of Reserved Occupations.
The National Joint Advisory Council, comprising employers' and workers'
representatives, was consulted. From 1941, one Deputy Secretary for the
Ministry controlled peacetime work, and another coordinated work on manpower
statistics, intelligence, armed forces recruitment, civilian war work and
training and labour supply. In 1959 the department became the Ministry of
Labour once more. It was renamed the Department of Employment and Productivity
in 1968, and became the Department for Employment in 1970.
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