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Plan of a slave vessel
Engravings of two drawings showing how slaves were transported by ship, illustrating an account of a debate on the slave trade in the House of Lords. …
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Cumberland and Westmorland Suffragettes, 1911
On 17 June 1911, suffrage societies joined together in London in a procession of some 40,000 women to demand the vote, with the date chosen as it was…
Sal Madge - a Whitehaven colliery worker and wrestler
Sal Madge worked in Whitehaven's colliery and wrestled men for sport. She usually dressed as shown the photograph, with a man's jacket, shirt and…
Carlisle Women Munitions Workers Football Team, 1917
The photograph shows women dressed as munitions workers, posing with a football that has been inscribed with 'EAST CUMB WMW 1917'. Two of the women…
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World War I in North West England
A range of materials which enable students to explore the topic of World War I in the context of the local and regional history of North West England.