| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. 12:00 - Mar 8 with 4671 views | Lohengrin |
My eldest is due home later today for the weekend. I’ve just been up the loft and brought down a box to show her, she hasn’t seen the contents in years, her Great-Great Grandmother’s tricolour white - green - purple Suffragette sash and the toffee hammer broach inscribed ‘Deeds not Words’ that fastens it.
I would imagine you would have got on with her like a house on fire. My eldest too who must have inherited her feistiness. Just think, all three of you could have had a stick each and whacked me over the head with it.  |  |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 12:23 - Mar 8 with 2704 views | SoberBaker |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 12:28 - Mar 8 with 2695 views | Lohengrin |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 12:23 - Mar 8 by SoberBaker |
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She’s going to love that!  | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 12:39 - Mar 8 with 2668 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 12:28 - Mar 8 by Lohengrin |
She’s going to love that! |
I think it’s quite funny as it happens.
Wonderful to have a suffragette sash still around though. Hopefully your daughter will one day be able to pass it on to her own granddaughter or great granddaughter in permanent memory of those that stood up for what is right. |  | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 12:49 - Mar 8 with 2646 views | Lohengrin |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 12:39 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
I think it’s quite funny as it happens.
Wonderful to have a suffragette sash still around though. Hopefully your daughter will one day be able to pass it on to her own granddaughter or great granddaughter in permanent memory of those that stood up for what is right. |
That’s the plan. When my time draws near it will go to my eldest Grand-daughter, should I be fortunate enough to have one.
The lady herself had passed before I was born, unfortunately. I would have loved to have spoken to her about those days and what she had been up to. I did get to meet her husband though, I was very young at the time and all I can really recall is the smell of wax polish, how loud the old clock ticked on the wall and being fascinated with the black range in the kitchen where he spent his days.
I was born out of time, but then you know that already, most everything that fascinates me occurred before the Wall Street Crash. | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:01 - Mar 8 with 2617 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 12:49 - Mar 8 by Lohengrin |
That’s the plan. When my time draws near it will go to my eldest Grand-daughter, should I be fortunate enough to have one.
The lady herself had passed before I was born, unfortunately. I would have loved to have spoken to her about those days and what she had been up to. I did get to meet her husband though, I was very young at the time and all I can really recall is the smell of wax polish, how loud the old clock ticked on the wall and being fascinated with the black range in the kitchen where he spent his days.
I was born out of time, but then you know that already, most everything that fascinates me occurred before the Wall Street Crash. |
It’s such a great shame that we only get to meet our grandparents or occasionally our great grandparents (I met one of my great grandmothers) when they are old. To have met them when they were in the prime of their lives would be a wonderful thing.
The other great shame is that by the time we’re old enough to really want to listen to them, properly listen, they’ve gone.
I often think that the generations of my (and your) grandparents and great grandparents lived through incredible times. The two wars, suffrage, the rise of trade unions, the NHS, civil rights, technology, the space age, widespread education, travel. What things they saw. I wonder if in a hundred years people will look back at our generation and say the same. | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:09 - Mar 8 with 2596 views | controversial_jack |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:01 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
It’s such a great shame that we only get to meet our grandparents or occasionally our great grandparents (I met one of my great grandmothers) when they are old. To have met them when they were in the prime of their lives would be a wonderful thing.
The other great shame is that by the time we’re old enough to really want to listen to them, properly listen, they’ve gone.
I often think that the generations of my (and your) grandparents and great grandparents lived through incredible times. The two wars, suffrage, the rise of trade unions, the NHS, civil rights, technology, the space age, widespread education, travel. What things they saw. I wonder if in a hundred years people will look back at our generation and say the same. |
Yes they will, how our generation helped unravel most of it | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:14 - Mar 8 with 2585 views | Darran |
It was supposed to International Women’s Day yesterday but they took so long getting ready. |  |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:15 - Mar 8 with 2585 views | Lohengrin |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:01 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
It’s such a great shame that we only get to meet our grandparents or occasionally our great grandparents (I met one of my great grandmothers) when they are old. To have met them when they were in the prime of their lives would be a wonderful thing.
The other great shame is that by the time we’re old enough to really want to listen to them, properly listen, they’ve gone.
I often think that the generations of my (and your) grandparents and great grandparents lived through incredible times. The two wars, suffrage, the rise of trade unions, the NHS, civil rights, technology, the space age, widespread education, travel. What things they saw. I wonder if in a hundred years people will look back at our generation and say the same. |
I’d have loved to have spent an hour with your Nan, the one who turned Lloyd George’s portrait to the wall. I found that hilarious, I think we’d have got on like a house on fire. | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:25 - Mar 8 with 2567 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:15 - Mar 8 by Lohengrin |
I’d have loved to have spent an hour with your Nan, the one who turned Lloyd George’s portrait to the wall. I found that hilarious, I think we’d have got on like a house on fire. |
Great grandmother that was, but yes. Her and her sister were apparently quite a formidable pair! | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:39 - Mar 8 with 2554 views | Lohengrin |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:25 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
Great grandmother that was, but yes. Her and her sister were apparently quite a formidable pair! |
Ideal. In my head I was born July, 1896 so that would put the three of us in the same age bracket! | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 14:03 - Mar 8 with 2527 views | valleyboy |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:09 - Mar 8 by controversial_jack |
Yes they will, how our generation helped unravel most of it |
Too bloody true
And most of it is this buisness of giving women more of a say
It’s bad enough to have the likes of Theresa May as the Prime Minister. Who will go down as the worst Prime Minister in histoery
Then the likes of Amber Rudd, Karen Bradley and Andrea Leadsom
I would hate to think of the mess if all of the present cabinet was made up of women
Just imagine a woman being the leader of the country if we were at war with say Russia
To think of women in the Labour Party running the country
That’s even to dangerous to even think of
Women are good talkers, but usually don’t get anything done | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 14:58 - Mar 8 with 2474 views | controversial_jack |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 14:03 - Mar 8 by valleyboy |
Too bloody true
And most of it is this buisness of giving women more of a say
It’s bad enough to have the likes of Theresa May as the Prime Minister. Who will go down as the worst Prime Minister in histoery
Then the likes of Amber Rudd, Karen Bradley and Andrea Leadsom
I would hate to think of the mess if all of the present cabinet was made up of women
Just imagine a woman being the leader of the country if we were at war with say Russia
To think of women in the Labour Party running the country
That’s even to dangerous to even think of
Women are good talkers, but usually don’t get anything done |
Some of the most powerful and influential people in this county at the moment are female.I would say they have achieved their aim.It's now time to concentrate on getting male equality | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 16:06 - Mar 8 with 2410 views | Highjack |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:14 - Mar 8 by Darran |
It was supposed to International Women’s Day yesterday but they took so long getting ready. |
Downvoted by accident whoops |  |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 16:07 - Mar 8 with 2407 views | Highjack |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 14:58 - Mar 8 by controversial_jack |
Some of the most powerful and influential people in this county at the moment are female.I would say they have achieved their aim.It's now time to concentrate on getting male equality |
I think it’s time we focused on ability rather than what reproductive organs someone does or not possess or what their colour is.
It’s stupid women’s international day is a thing in the first place. | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 16:36 - Mar 8 with 2376 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 13:01 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
It’s such a great shame that we only get to meet our grandparents or occasionally our great grandparents (I met one of my great grandmothers) when they are old. To have met them when they were in the prime of their lives would be a wonderful thing.
The other great shame is that by the time we’re old enough to really want to listen to them, properly listen, they’ve gone.
I often think that the generations of my (and your) grandparents and great grandparents lived through incredible times. The two wars, suffrage, the rise of trade unions, the NHS, civil rights, technology, the space age, widespread education, travel. What things they saw. I wonder if in a hundred years people will look back at our generation and say the same. |
No - they will think us unbelievably - and laugh out loud - stupid to Brexit whilst the rest of the world moves forward together.
We won the war and lost the peace.
Walked away from influence and responsibilities.
Maybot will be the worst PM of all time.
Its inevitable. |  |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:17 - Mar 8 with 2279 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 14:03 - Mar 8 by valleyboy |
Too bloody true
And most of it is this buisness of giving women more of a say
It’s bad enough to have the likes of Theresa May as the Prime Minister. Who will go down as the worst Prime Minister in histoery
Then the likes of Amber Rudd, Karen Bradley and Andrea Leadsom
I would hate to think of the mess if all of the present cabinet was made up of women
Just imagine a woman being the leader of the country if we were at war with say Russia
To think of women in the Labour Party running the country
That’s even to dangerous to even think of
Women are good talkers, but usually don’t get anything done |
Good point.
You only have to look at Cameron, or Grayling, or Mogg, Johnson, Farage, McDonnell, Gove, Hunt, Liam Fox to see how much better the men are. Oh, and Gavin Williamson, or Matt Hancock.
As it happens, like her or loathe her, and there’s every reason for it to be the latter, there would have been few PMs in the past century that I would feel safer with in charge, if we’d been at war with Russia, than Maggie. | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:18 - Mar 8 with 2277 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 16:07 - Mar 8 by Highjack |
I think it’s time we focused on ability rather than what reproductive organs someone does or not possess or what their colour is.
It’s stupid women’s international day is a thing in the first place. |
Another day, another outrage highjack. God knows how you manage. | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:24 - Mar 8 with 2271 views | MrSwerve |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:18 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
Another day, another outrage highjack. God knows how you manage. |
To be fair, is he wrong? |  |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:27 - Mar 8 with 2262 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:24 - Mar 8 by MrSwerve |
To be fair, is he wrong? |
Why don’t you read up a bit about some of the horrors women around the world find themselves subjected to and decide for yourself.
No one is forcing you to celebrate or even acknowledge it if you think it’s a waste of your time are they. | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:34 - Mar 8 with 2248 views | MrSwerve |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:27 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
Why don’t you read up a bit about some of the horrors women around the world find themselves subjected to and decide for yourself.
No one is forcing you to celebrate or even acknowledge it if you think it’s a waste of your time are they. |
Blimey, calm down.
“I think it’s time we focused on ability rather than what reproductive organs someone does or not possess or what their colour is.”
Is entirely fair. | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:41 - Mar 8 with 2232 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:34 - Mar 8 by MrSwerve |
Blimey, calm down.
“I think it’s time we focused on ability rather than what reproductive organs someone does or not possess or what their colour is.”
Is entirely fair. |
Indeed, but that doesn’t happen. | | | |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 20:44 - Mar 8 with 2180 views | Highjack |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:18 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
Another day, another outrage highjack. God knows how you manage. |
Where’s the outrage? | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 20:45 - Mar 8 with 2176 views | Highjack |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:27 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
Why don’t you read up a bit about some of the horrors women around the world find themselves subjected to and decide for yourself.
No one is forcing you to celebrate or even acknowledge it if you think it’s a waste of your time are they. |
Horror is something that specifically only happens to women? | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 20:46 - Mar 8 with 2172 views | Highjack |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 19:41 - Mar 8 by londonlisa2001 |
Indeed, but that doesn’t happen. |
So my comment was entirely fair but you attack me anyway? | |
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| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 20:47 - Mar 8 with 2171 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Fao LondonLisa - International Womens’ Day. on 20:45 - Mar 8 by Highjack |
Horror is something that specifically only happens to women? |
Nope.
But women endure some horrors simply for being women. The reverse is rarely true. | | | |
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