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11 November
Pensioners arrived at Central Hall, Westminster, from all over the country
1954: Pensioners demand more money
Thousands of elderly people have taken part in a rally in London calling for an increase in their pensions.
The National Federation of Old Age Pensions Associations has been leading a campaign for an immediate 17s 6d rise in pensions to take a single person's allowance to £2 10s per week.
The Conservative Government promised in July to restore pensions to at least the equivalent of their 1946 value, as laid out in the National Insurance Act of that year.
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