Charlie Woods was the faction 's oldest link to a period when the CPGB was operating in a manner that the Straight Left faction hoped the CPGB would eventually return .
Charlie Woods had been the CPGB 's Northern organiser in the late 1930s .
Charlie Woods , who had been the CPGB 's Northern organiser in the late 1930s , was the faction 's oldest link to a period when the CPGB was operating in a manner that the Straight Left faction hoped the CPGB would eventually return .