EPHEMERA

Title: Switch Off Sunningdale
Object Name: Leaflet
Maker: Ulster United Unionist Council (U.U.U.C.) (Primary maker)
Date Made: 1974
1974
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description: Leaflet 'SOS - Switch Off Sunningdale.' A leaflet produced by the United Ulster Unionist Council for the February 1974 UK General Election. In Britain the main issue was one of ‘who governs Britain’- politicians or trade unions, however, in Northern Ireland the election was primarily seen as a referendum on the Sunningdale Agreement, power-sharing executive and the Council of Ireland. This item is also probably referring to the UK government’s Switch Off Something campaign from late 1973 aimed at saving electricity.
Materials: Paper
Place Collected
Catalogue Number: BELUM.W2011.500.5
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