Wright was born on 6 March 1921 in Hammersmith, London, England. He was the younger son of Arthur Wright, a catering manager and hotelier, and his wife, Ethel Louisa Hicks, (née Shearod). The family moved from London to the West Midlands when Wright was very young. He was educated at Solihull School, then an all-boys independent school in Solihull, West Midlands. He won a scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge. There, he studied modern languages and specialised in German and French. Following graduation, he joined the military for service during World War II.
Oliver Wright (1881 – 21 January 1938) was a Britishtrade unionist and political activist.
Born in Swanwick in Derbyshire, Wright began working in a coal mine at the age of nine. He later worked for the Butterley Company, and in 1920 was elected as lodge secretary for the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA), and as a delegate to its council. He stood for the Labour Party in Belper at the 1922 UK general election. Unusually, he was nominated by the local Labour Party, but later acquired the sponsorship of the DMA after it failed to agree an alternative candidate. He was not elected and, although he stood again in 1923, his vote fell. He was nominated again as a candidate for the 1924 UK general election, but given his poor performance, decided it wise to withdraw and instead back another candidate - he hoped Hugh Dalton would stand, although ultimately he did not. Following this, Wright decided to restand as the DMA nominee, but lost to Jack Lees.
Wright then devoted his time to the union. He was appointed as one of its trustees, and in 1928 beat eleven other candidates, including Joseph Lynch and Samuel Sales, to become the DMA's treasurer. He served in the post for ten years, but he suffered from poor health and had to take frequent absences due to illness. He died, still in office, in 1938.
I just want a send a special, special thank you today Anyone who donated a little of something in the collection can God won't forget you Now this next song is a song about writing this song Now I'm not some profound visionary But this specific incision didn't particularly take too long I was just running up this back stage stairs And suddenly it dawned to me What a good idea, true inspiration But with no pen or paper to record the creation I aborted the plans of grand innovation And stood bored pacing on the wood floor waiting for more wars to Gore for my planning and Maybe I'm not cut out for this writing game I thought for a brief second But then it was like the lightning hit through me in a complete head spin And kept punching me with raising concepts rhyme patterns and song interruptions With long floods that dropped fire struck until I was finally finished And in a matter of minutes consciousness is linked with being inventive infinite And one of my friends happened to have a pen So I wrote it all down on my hand That was that Thank you We're just gonna Thank you thank you We're just gonna pass the collection around one more time Try to find it in your pockets and your hearts to donate all your money
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