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i Traserburgh Herald', Tt I.SDAY. 10th JANUARY. Till HALFWAY MARK

... Two kings have reigned and died. One king abdicated and ananother king was enthroned. Woren secur•d the vote after the Suffragette Movement. Fashions changed from hobble skirts to New Looks. Jazz music was introduced to this country. Bleriot flew the ...

LEAVES FROM A Buchan Note Book

... persuasive charm, but also with force, conviction and a delightful strain of humour, If I exclude one or two of the pioneer suffragettes of forty-five years ago—and they were inspired by a zeal and fire which transcended politics—l have no hesitation in listing ...

Flotsam & Jetsam

... neither hood no.- screen. Even more unusual was the first contest—a by-election—at which, deserting the Metropolis, the suffragettes descended in force vhon a quiet countryside in the East c¢i Scotland and made the welkin ring. When they arrived they were ...

The London Lew i Thursday night. TO Londoners hurrying through the fog and gloom of Aldwych to-day India House held

... at the hands nati ve In feverish tended to bite c . around her anointment the} fa cured; and 1 Murray 'Svitchcraftj The Suffragette* COME the {or J, ported J wdmen's vote are ' 0 \ in London in ew _ t The occasion is * fr3 «■ members the feb^' s Fellowship ...

Published: Friday 27 January 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1041 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Pens Have Been Busy in North Angus and Mearns

... her most ardent admirers is an eighty-two-year-old grandmother, Mrs Smith, who has been a Conservative since she was a suffragette. She has been ill for some time, but is determined to vote on polling day. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 February 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 690 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Wallace's Sword Again on View

... to Stirling, the sword was placed for safe custody in the safe in the burgh engineer's department. In 1912, during the Suffragette activities, the case containing the sword was broken by a woman, who was taken into custody. No prosecution followed the ...

Published: Monday 10 April 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 212 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

'Men and Women Working Together in Partnership9

... enter the professions. It may seem a small beginning, but not if we remember that women at that time were mere chattels. Suffragettes War brought the next step in women's emancipation when, in 1854, Florence Nightingale obtained recognition for Army nurses ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 530 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HE Wf TO T

... Girti Cambridge. His wife years ago. His Derby winner Diamond Jubilee in Minoru in 1909. Jones was King V’s horse, Anmer, ■ suffragette threw he front of the Derby 191S, bringing dow horse and Jockey. seriously Injured, a woman died from her His name was always ...

Published: Wednesday 18 July 1951
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 202 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

HE WAS JOCKEY TO TWO KINGS

... ago. His Derby winners were Diamond Jubilee in 1900 and Minoru in 1909. Jones was King George V's horse, Amner, when a suffragette threw herself in front of the Derby field in 191S, bringing down both horse and jockey. Jones was seriously Injured, and ...

Published: Wednesday 18 July 1951
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 701 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

BON-ACCORD GOSSIP

... from his carriage and saw the station platforms seething with determined-looking women. Horrifed. visualising a Scottish Suffragette invasion on London in his absence, the Prime Minister got his entourage to make inquiries.. Detectives were able to assure ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1952
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 500 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Wind-up

... Fraserburgh exodus of fisher girls to East Anglia recall to a colleague's mind an incident which happened long ago. The Suffragette movement was at its peak of activity and the Prime M nisler. Mr H. H. Asquith, had arrived at Aberdeen Joint Station on ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1952
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 3 | Tags: none