Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Women Protesters Set Fire to Crouch End Cricket Pavilion
This postcard shows the North Middlesex Cricket Club in Crouch End before and after a devastating fire on 7 June 1913. The fire was believed to have been set by suffragettes protesting for the right of women to vote. A woman's hat was found at the scene and several other sports clubs were set alight by sufragettes during this period.
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Permalink Reply by Chris brock on
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Did they start it with a match?
I'll get me coat.
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Permalink Reply by Michele on
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Hugh,
Have you come across any info on Suffragettes in Haringey? Am trying to find out as its the centenary this year of the first women to be given the vote.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Nothing Much that I can think of. Liz posted this some time ago which recorded a visit to Harringay by Sylvia Pankhurst.
I've nothing very meaty, but these snippets from various papers suggest there was plenty of activity hereabouts (publication name and dates in filenames - if you use any, a credit for HoL always welcome).
We start in 1907 with a report in the Irish Times of an incident at Ally Pally:
The 1912 from the Shoreditch Observer:
Tha Daily Herald in 1913:
A Series of pieces from The Suffragette in 1913 and 1914
Here's a sample cover of The Suffragette from 1913:
You could try Hornsey Historical Society and Bruce Castle.
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