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... ‘The Suffragette’, a tale inspired by Morpeth heroine Emily Davison, who threw herself under the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913. Janet, who donned costume of the era for the launch, sees it as a way of honouring the northern suffragettes. She ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1996
Newspaper: Morpeth Herald
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 153 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Moving on

... imprisonment and militant campaigning are what the suffragettes are remembered for. But the Museum of London 's latest exhibition, The Purple, White and Green (September 15 until June '93), will explore suffragettes as shrewd and skilful image-builders. The ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1992
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 152 | Page: 97 | Tags: none

SCENE AT CLAPHAM COMMON

... iosaltiag coaduct at - P.C. said the were taking pert la a ntork suffragette meeting; climbed on to the smiling*. 'peeking shouting to a crowd ausiberisg buednti Mr. de Inquired if It a suffragette er essageW was Si. Tbe pianhi. geld, sad waved abate. whew ...

Published: Friday 06 March 1914
Newspaper: South London Press
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 101 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

£8,250 for Emily Davison’s Derby day sash

... churchyard in Morpeth, was the only suffragette killed in pursuit of the vote. Her death at Epsom. in front of the King and Queen, attracted worldwide attention and five vears their battle She aimed to pin the Suffragette Flag to the King's horse. Anmer. ...

Published: Thursday 20 November 1997
Newspaper: Morpeth Herald
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 424 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The fight for votes

... more meaningful than the answers to crossword clues. This was a code telegram sent by Miss Christabel Pankhurst to another suffragette. . It meant: “Will you protest Asquith’s public meeting tomorrow evening, but don’t get arrested unless success depends ...

Published: Thursday 01 February 1968
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

votes hits home

... and suffragette connections. The Rev Percy Bischoff, curate at Holy Sepulchre and a keen sporting motorcyclist, was taking part in a race at Brooklands, the banked speed circuit near Weybridge. He christened his Triumph motorcycle “The Suffragette” and ...

Published: Thursday 20 August 1992
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 686 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

PARTING SHOTS IN AN OLD DISPUTE

... the zoo. Windows were broken by the blast. Suffragettes were blamed, but such an escapade required more than feminine courage.” Mr. T. J. Middleton, of 4, Fereday-street, Tipton, also rejects the suffragette story. “If my memory serves me correctly it ...

Published: Monday 12 February 1968
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 284 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Field 50th anniversary ceremony in churchyard

... Field 50th anniversary ceremony in churchyard The 50th anniversary of the death of Emily Wilding Davison, the; Suffragette, was observed at her graveside in Morpeth Churchyard on Sunday. She died as the result of injuries sustained when she threw herself ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1963
Newspaper: Morpeth Herald
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CORRESPONDENCE

... CORRESPONDENCE. . MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES. To the Kditor, Leighton Buzzard Observer. Sir,—On behalf of the Leighton Buzzard and District Women’s Suffrage Society I wish to express our emphatic disapproval of the militant actions of the Women’s Social and ...

Fine example to follow

... example to follow 75 YEARS AGO From Our Files For 1908. TODMORDEN has hitherto, happily, escaped the notice of the militant suffragettes, but that there are sympathisers with the movement in our midst may be assumed from the fact that one of our lady readers ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1983
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 307 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS

... fishpod. There s a cow, with a suffragette to do the milking. There are also several sheep, and - these are sheared by an electrical device manipulated by a shepherd of the *“ gentler sex. In the interior of a suffragette home a lone man washes the clothes ...

Published: Saturday 24 June 1911
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 306 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

SHOP

... in Engiand last year, Mr. Redpath spent a couple of afternoons, coaching hoys at King’s School, Rochester. SUFFRAGETTES LIVE AGAIN Suffragette banner last used 50 years ago return today for a politieal rally in Caxton Hall, London. ’ They will be displayed ...

Published: Friday 02 February 1973
Newspaper: Kent Evening Post
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 130 | Page: 10 | Tags: none