The women’s suffrage movement fought for the rights of all women over the age of 21 to vote on equal terms with men. The more militant tactics of the suffragettes included shouting down speakers, hunger strikes, stone-throwing, window-smashing, and arson of unoccupied churches and country houses. The fight for women’s votes was finally won in 1928 when the Conservative government of the time passed the Representation of the People Act. This photo, lent to us by a new resident of the park, was taken just one year after women got the vote. So did Egerton Park have its very own suffragists? These women look far too respectable to chain themselves to railings! We understand that this photo is of a charabanc outing and, if you look carefully, you can see the vehicle. If anyone recognizes a relative in the photo or has any idea where in the park it might have been taken, we would love to hear about it.
Egerton Park Residents' Association 
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