Alice Hawkins and the Suffragette Movement in Edwardian Leicester Style:Paperback Events covered include the visit

Events covered include the visit of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret in her capacity of Sea Ranger Commodore

On retiring from playing football he spent 13 seasons serving Burton and District as a referee

Cheshire had its own unique way of disposing of the criminals condemned at its assizes

and Outton Park to name but a few

major events from those three decades are recalled to give a vivid picture of Chorley in those relatively innocent days before the internet was invented and when T-shirts came without slogans and it was legal to drive without seatbelts

Alice Hawkins and the Suffragette Movement in Edwardian Leicester Style:Paperback Events covered include the visitThe campaign for the suffrage is perhaps the best known aspect of women's political fight in the early part of the 20th century, yet little is known of the local women who engaged in this struggle. This is the story of one of them. Previously, few investigations have been carried out into local organisations of the Women's Social and Political Union, and as a consequence our understanding of local women within the party has been limited. This book,