September 2020
Inside this issue: Talbot Family of Barge Builders, Purley's Japanese Prisoners of War in World War Two, Berkshire's Mayflower Connection, Berkshire Men Abroad
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WSPU shop at 39 West Street, Reading. Courtesy of Reading Library’s Local Studies Women’s Social and Political Union or WSPU
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Women’s Suffrage: the cause in Reading
February 6th 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the passing of The Representation of the People Act, which extended the vote to all men over the age of 21 and to those aged 19 and above in the armed forces. However, more significantly, it gave the franchise to women, specifically those who were aged over 30 and who met the £5 property qualification.
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Black and Asian merchant seamen in the First World War
In 1914 Britain had a maritime empire. Goods, people, materials and ideas moved by sea. Nearly 2/3 of the food and drink consumed in Britain came from abroad. This global maritime supply network – that fed and fuelled civilian and military populations – was key to the First World War.
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01 Sep 2020