James "Jim" Coe
Born Castle Acre, Norfolk
His father was involved in "The National" Josephs Arch original union
began work aged 11 as a "crow starvin", at nineteen he became a cater
Joined the union in 1906 when George Edwards of the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers Union when he spoke in the Castle Acre village
became the Unions first organiser for the National Agricultural labourers & Rural workers Union in 1910
parish and district Councillor
Primitive Methodist
"Jim is of middle height, looks shrewdly at you out of blue grey eyes, that are never short of a twinkle and he has a way of pushing his hat back on his head and taking a few puffs of his pipe before giving his opinion"
James Coelived all his life in Castle Acre, born in a red brick house, which once housed the National school
1901 census states he was aged 15 in 1901 and a cattle man
