From 1957 to 1961 Boyson was a Labour councillor in Haslingden, where his father was at that time a Labour alderman and had been a trade union secretary-he was a cotton spinner; in the First World War he had been imprisoned as a conscientious objector.
Boyson was a Labour councillor in Haslingden. This was from 1957 to 1961. Boyson had been a trade union secretary. This was from 1957 to 1961. His father was at that time a Labour alderman. He was a cotton spinner. He had been imprisoned as a conscientious objector. This was in the First World War.