Another walk around Preston. This time it’s on International Women’s Day 8th March 2023. It added some flavour when we reached Winckley Square as there had been a Blue Plaque mounted for Beatrice Todd, Suffragist. On the square was a display of wall boards and balloons for the 3 women of Preston who campaigned for women’s rights in the early 20th Century.
The wall boards, Left to Right. Beatrice Blackhirst 1866-1955, political and suffragist activist and Preston Soldiers and Sailors buffet. It’s hard to imagine she lived in Preston when I did, dying at 89. Edith Rigby 1872-1950, militant Suffragette Activist, living to the age of 78, I was in Preston then as well. Beatrice Todd 1876-1958, living to 82, political and suffragist activist and Preston Soldiers and Sailors buffet. They had long lives. Did they die with recognition in their time?
Just to the left of the wall boards is a balloon display. Purple for loyalty, white for purity, green for hope are the colours of the suffragette movement.
A Blue Plaque for Beatrice Todd was unveiled on the day.
The Blue Plaque for Beatrice Todd, Suffragist, near Winckley Square, Preston
A walk up Friargate, Preston’s second shopping street, with the well known angle on the Harris Building.
The Harris Building still under wrappers, due to re-open in 2024.
The Miller Arcade, one of the best buildings in Preston. Shops and cafes. A Rohan shop being it’s best offer we think.
The former National Westminster Bank, now Revolution with a reversed E.
