Images of the UK yesteryear

[jimw1]

A suffragette procession in Trafalgar Square led by Sylvia Pankhurst results in a riot in Whitehall.
Policemen are seen escorting Miss Pankhurst away around 0:57

Sylvia Pankhurst was the daughter of Dr. Richard Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst,



She became a friend and adviser to the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie and followed a consistently anti-British stance.
She moved to Addis Ababa at Haile Selassie's invitation in 1956 with her son, Richard, (who continues to live there), and founded a monthly journal, Ethiopia Observer



She died in 1960, and was given a full state funeral at which Haile Selassie named her "an honorary Ethiopian".

She is the only foreigner buried in front of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, in the area reserved for patriots of the Italian war.




Sylvia Pankhurst: Homepage

[Freddy]

Fascinating thread about the Suffragettes, what strikes me is the photo of Miss Pankhurst above and that (which is on here but I can't find it) of her seated at a table after her prison sentence. Courageous women, all of them.

The Rt. Hon George Lansbury a Labour MP who commissioned the Serpentine Lido was a supporter of women's suffrage and was himself jailed for sedition and went on hunger strike.

[CaptainWaggett]

8647]Fascinating thread about the Suffragettes, what strikes me is the photo of Miss Pankhurst above and that (which is on here but I can't find it) of her seated at a table after her prison sentence. Courageous women, all of them.

The Rt. Hon George Lansbury a Labour MP who commissioned the Serpentine Lido was a supporter of women's suffrage and was himself jailed for sedition and went on hunger strike.[/QUOTE]

If you didn't listen, this is well worth catching up on

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Archive on 4, The Lost World of the Suffragettes

the 1970s, historian Sir Brian Harrison embarked on a huge project to record the experiences of women who had been part of the UK suffragette movement in the early part of the 20th Century.

The audio files - 'Oral Evidence on the Suffragette and Suffragist Movements: The Brian Harrison Interviews' - are now housed by the Women's Library, London Metropolitan University.

The 205 interviews Sir Brian carried out between 1974 and 1981 have never been broadcast before.

Here BBC Radio 4 is given exclusive access to the archive which gives a fresh insight into the lost world of the suffragettes.

In this Archive on 4, Presenter Dan Snow, whose great, great grandfather was Liberal Prime Minister Lloyd George, listens through the tapes with Sir Brian, Baroness Brenda Dean. Director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti and suffragette historian Elizabeth Crawford.

Recordings include graphic testimony of women who were beaten by police, force-fed and drugged while on hunger strike.

In one extract, one former suffragette recalls: "I didn't make a sound whatever they did to me because I knew others had to be forcibly fed after me and I didn't want to frighten them. When they injured my nose I screamed so loud they heard it all over the prison."

The interviews also give fresh insight into the splits that existed at the heart of the movement, about how ordinary campaigners felt about the contrasting approaches of Emeline, Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst - and how the women that formed the suffragette movement viewed late 20th Century feminism.

Producer: Ashley Byrne
A Made in Manchester Production for BBC Radio 4.

[Freddy]

Trust Faginsgirl to bring a bit of Victorian misery to the thread

Marvellous photo fg, a sort of victorian poor equivalent of the eton toffs picture. That tall older man in the hat, there are stories in his face and hands.

[Freddy]

This is the image which Julian linked to via the Telegraph's Long Gone East-End London.



Sylvia Pankhurst, May 1921

Recently released from prison, militant suffragette leader Sylvia Pankhurst is toasted at a celebration breakfast in east London. Concerned with the extreme conditions suffered by women and children in London’s East End, Pankhurst opened food distribution centres, a free clinic and even a toy factory where women had the opportunity to earn more than in existing workshops.

[Mark O]

Link to some interesting pics of London East-end Jewish day to day life in the early 1950's.........

Rabbis, rags and rainy Whitechapel: Stunning photos celebrate Jewish life in post-war East End | Mail Online

[michaelmace]

Fascinating thread about the Suffragettes, what strikes me is the photo of Miss Pankhurst above and that (which is on here but I can't find it) of her seated at a table after her prison sentence. Courageous women, all of them.

The Rt. Hon George Lansbury a Labour MP who commissioned the Serpentine Lido was a supporter of women's suffrage and was himself jailed for sedition and went on hunger strike.

The Rt. Hon George Lansbury was Oliver Postgate's grandfather.

[Mark O]

More snapshots and reminiscing of 50's Britain, I particularly like the photo at the bottom with the Policeman, wouldn't dare today!

The magic of 1950s suburbia when socks were darned, baths shared and kids roamed wild | Mail Online

[jimw1]

FAIRGROUND GLASS SLIDES c.1900s

A collection of glass slides of fairground scenes found in a museum store, Newcastle upon Tyne














Fairground Glass Slides, c.1900s | Retronaut

[Edward G]

Love these Jim.
Stunning images.

[jimw1]

Love these Jim.
Stunning images.

Cheers Edward....I like the one with the Child and Elephant....Quite a striking image

[Edward G]

Yes Jim,
It says more in a single frame than you could express in yards of prose.

[Freddy]

Excellent post from Nickel In The Machine.

Mary Quant, the Kings Road, Chelsea Plaza which features performances of Billie Holliday, The Army Game as well as Boris Karloff wondering Who Killed Chung Ling Soo, whose act involved catching a bullet between his teeth. Great images and stills from the film 'Food for a Blush'.

Another Nickel In the Machine

[golightly]

Some images of bomb damaged Plymouth and it's reconstruction in 1952.

[Sgt Sunshine]

Thanks for the great pics of Plymouth after the blitz.
The long central avenue that can be seen in all 3 photos is Royal Parade (I wonder if Mum or Dad are in those photos, they'd be about 22 then)
Now they're knocking it all down & starting again. I don't think there's anyone else here from Plymouth....which is a pity
My father-in-law was an architect & was a member of RIBA....he probably knew those photos well as he was very aware of Abercrombie's work.
My Dad was evacuated to Exeter during the blitz (1941) only to be bombed out in that city too....
Luckily for you lot on here.....he survived..
Cheers
Sgt S

[John Llewellyn Moxey]

These bring back a lot of memories. Thank you...John

[Sgt Sunshine]

Here's a pic of Royal Parade in the 1960's looking from the top end St Andrew's Cross down to Derry's Cross...
The roundabout in the foreground at St Andrew's Cross has changed a lot ....the trees are gone & now its a fountain..



Cheers
Sgt S

[golightly]

A street scene you could see anywhere in the Country, women scrubbing their doorsteps with a donkey stone, you can just see a donkey stone on the step of the first lady. This is a 1954 picture of what looks like Everton Valley.

[Mark O]

I have read that back in the day, such as in the pic above, a housewife didn't fully undraw her curtains during the day, they were generally kept three-quarters drawn, anyone remember that sort of thing and why?

[Freddy]

I have read that back in the day, such as in the pic above, a housewife didn't fully undraw her curtains during the day, they were generally kept three-quarters drawn, anyone remember that sort of thing and why?

You and your euphemisms Mark, seriously though it could well be that as there were no gardens it cut the viewing angle of passers-by looking into the front parlour which then would have been the best room and hardly used. Also if there was a funeral in the street, curtains would be drawn as a mark of respect.