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Suffrage Movement in Peterborough

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04/03/1911

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Speaking with evident gratification following last week's speech by Mrs Pankhurst, Miss Tebbutt, a local militant suffragette, felt that it had 'done the cause no end of good'. However, when asked about the local membership, she was less enthusiastic, saying simply that, 'members are coming in well, but you see, we have only been really started a short time, so you must give us a chance. There are some who are hesitating, but you see, it is rather difficult to get the ladies of either Party to come out.' When asked if Peterborough would offer passive resistance to the census and Coronation fireworks in Peterborough, she felt that, as there were many business members in Peterborough, it would not be advisable for them to do this. Asked if any from Peterborough might go up to London to take part in the protest, she felt she could not say but personally, if she had not had business ties, she would join the demonstration. As to not filling in the census, Miss Tebbutt replied that to be in a position to make that protest one would have to be  the head of the house, so it would be no use refusing as she was not the head. (Peterborough Standard)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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Must Farm's Iron Age Boat

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800-400BC

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Eight wooden logboats were discovered in the silted up remains of the River Nene at Must Farm. A fragment of an additional boat was also discovered, taking the total to nine boats. Of the eight logboats seven were dated to the middle and late Bronze Age, but one was dated to the Iron Age.

Boat One, named Belinda by the archaeologists who discovered her, was the first boat found, laying in the highest level of prehistoric silts. Crafted from one tree trunk, Belinda was created in the early Iron Age between 800-400 BC (2,400-2,800 years ago). She is of international interest due to the markings on both her external and internal surfaces in a form of cross hatching. The marks could be a form of artwork, with visitors to the boats at Flag Fen often commenting that the marks look like round house.

Belinda is also interesting because of the plug in her side in a circular shape. It is likely that the plug was used to fill in a natural defect or site of a small branch on the tree, but it could have been used to repair the boat too. There is also a slot for a transom board at her stern (rear) in the same style as Boat Three suggesting a continuity of boat design over hundreds of years, there being up to 900 years between the creation of the two boats.

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http://www.mustfarm.com/bronze-age-river/discoveries

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