Background
GORMLEY, Joseph was born on July 5, 1917 in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs.
GORMLEY, Joseph was born on July 5, 1917 in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs.
St. Oswald’s Roman Catholic School, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Cllr., Ashton-in-Makerfield. Member, National Executive Committee, 19631973, Chairman, International and Organization Committee, Labour Party. Justice of the Peace, 1961.
Member, Trades Union Congress General Council, 1973-1980. Miner, 1951; member, National Executive Committee, 1957, General Secretary, North Western Area, 1961, President, 1971-1982, National Union of Mineworkers. Director. United Racecourses Ltd., since 1982.
Spouse Sarah Ellen Gormley (née Mather), 1937. Children: one son, one d.