Nelson_1930s
A pacifist float entered for a gala procession organised by Reedymere Hospital, Nelson in the mid-1930s. The lady standing on the right is Mrs J. Cooper, a former suffragette who had visited Germany as member of the International Women's Committee against War and Fascism.
Photo and caption from: `Lancashire in the 20s and 30s from Old Photographs', by Christopher Makepeace, 1977, published by B.T. Batsford, London.
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