Well, the weather was freezing, it was wild, windy and snowing but nevertheless, I persisted in carrying out my planned walk of London (with trusty companions, Ruth and Marcus). There are so many suffragette related sites in London I couldn't visit them all. Therefore I walked between some major sites and stopped off at two special, centenary events. Hyde Park w as the scene of regular suffragette meetings and speeches. It was also wh ere, on June 21st 1908, a spectacular procession, a 'monster meeting' took place. 30,000 suffragettes carrying 700 banners converged and drew crowds of 300,000 - 500,000 onlookers. This marked the introduction of the WSPU 'brand colours' of green, white and purple. It was the largest number of people gathered in Hyde Park for political purpose ( source: Kent.ac.uk ) and the park was awash with suffragette colours in the clothing, banners and sashes of the activists. The colours had meaning - purple for dignity and loyalty, white
I am walking every weekend in March to raise funds for CARE International.