Emmeline Pankhurst addressing crowds at Trafalgar Square 1908 HG2436/51 The grain silos and warehouses

The grain silos and warehouses of the flourmills were amongst the 17 acres of property that the Port of London Authority estimated were damaged

the Sale Room

with text written by Thomson and the journalist Adolphe Smith

Twenty years later this stretch of Thames was transformed by the Victoria Embankment

the fare was a shilling

Emmeline Pankhurst addressing crowds at Trafalgar Square 1908 HG2436/51 The grain silos and warehousesEmmeline Pankhurst addressing crowds at Trafalgar Square. Traditionally used by all political and campaigning groups for rallies and demonstrations, Trafalgar Square is one of the few open public spaces in central London large enough to hold a crowd. Here Emmeline Pankhurst addresses a crowd of predominantly male onlookers. Many of these men would have simply have been passing through the Square but drawn towards the sight of a slight middle aged