Alan Irwin (GMB Northants Branch Secretary) was born and raised in Corby, he worked in the local steelworks for 17 years from 1970, age 15, before leaving to pursue academic studies at Ruskin College, Oxford, in 1989. A prominent trade union figure in the town, he served as a local district and County Councillor for six years and was an active member of the local Labour Party. He was among several councillors who faced a visceral backlash from the right-wing militant Labour group at the time, for questioning the economic direction taken immediately after the steelworks closure. This essay titled 'Corby The Wasted Years - Steel in Their Blood' is part of a broader thesis he completed as a student at Ruskin College in 1991.
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