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Suffragette items to be sold at auction

A group of Suffragette and other items awarded to and owned by Dr Margaret Ida Balfour will be sold at an auction later this month.

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Aldeburgh s First Lady | History Today

Aldeburgh s First Lady | History Today
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Disney-fication of history : London Tory criticises new Overground line names

Disney-fication of history : London Tory criticises new Overground line names
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Not so much a railway line more a political slogan

I cringed a little at the names that the Mayor of London came up with for six Overground railway lines – Windrush, Suffragette and Lioness among them. Their uncritical agitprop implied everyone had signed up to an approved version of history.

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Historian says Sadiq Khan s decision to name Overground line after the Suffragettes is deeply offensive because they were terrorists who tried to win female votes by planting bombs on trains

The London Mayor announced new names and colours for all six London Overground lines today in a £6.3million project.

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