A day nursery set up by Sylvia Pankhurst's suffragettes, giving mothers of working age the opportunity to go out and earn money. It occupied the former Gunmakers Arms public house. This photo, taken by Lyle-Smyth, shows some children there.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Mothers Arms
Site of "Gunmakers Arms" P.H. Taken over in 1915 by Sylvia Pankhurst and her ...
From their website: "We help shape the future of Brixton by working to understand our history and built environment. To do this we hold regular meetings, lead heritage walks, and produce publicatio...
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Member of the Chelsea Vestry Hall Building Committee in 1885. In a list of 'Other Distributive Charities' British History Online has "Isaac Stroulger by will proved 1904 left £200 to Chelsea MB, s...
Assistant to Leslie Palmer in the 1970s when the modern Notting Hill Carnival was set up. Source: Caribbean and Co.
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