[1] When the family was abandoned by his father, Muggeridge left school and began work as an office boy in the City of London.
In 1893, Muggeridge married Annie Booler, the daughter of a Sheffield factory foreman, and they had five sons, Malcolm being the middle child.
[1] One of Malcolm's quoted memories of his father is of his visits to the Surrey Street Market, where he would set up his platform and expound his views on the need for socialism: "Now ladies and gentlemen.
Muggeridge was the first President of Ruskin House, the Labour and Trade Union centre in Croydon, having been instrumental in its relocation and refounding.
He was instrumental in getting Croydon's first council houses built and campaigned for Trade Union rates of pay for all municipal employees.