1914, March 17, The Suffragette, Page 8,
Preparations are well in hand for the special campaign in Lowestoft during the annual conference of the National Union of Teachers. The conference will last from April 8 to 20.
The opening of the flat at 5, Wellington Road, which has been taken as W S. P. U. headquarters, and the knowledge that the Suffragettes are in the town has aroused, much interest among the inhabitants of Lowestoft and in the local Press.
The announcement that Mrs. Pankhurst's next public appearance will be held at Lowestoft is causing great excitement, and already the Organiser is inundated with inquiries about the visit. Mrs. Pankhurst will speak at the Hippodrome on the evening of Wednesday, April 15. Tickets for the meeting are on sale at the office, and can be obtained from the Organiser, Miss Isabel Cay, at 5, Wellington Road. The prices of numbered and reserved tickets are 2s. and 1s. There are also 6d. and 3d. tickets for women only.
In addition to this a full programme is being arranged for the conference week. A reception will be held for teachers and their friends at the Leighton Assembly Rooms on Easter Sunday evening. Details of this will be given later.
The first open-air meeting will be held next Sunday morning, April 29, at 12.30 p.m., on the front close to the pier.
The flat has been comfortably furnished, so that it may be used as a sort of club for the teachers. Light lunches and teas will be served there at very moderate prices. It is hoped that this will be the means of promoting informal discussion of the Suffrage question.
Gifts of provisions suitable for this purpose will be welcomed by the Organiser. She will be glad if friends will let her know at once what they can send. Contributions of money will also he gratefully received, as the expenses of the campaign will of necessity be very heavy.
Already acknowledged: Mrs. Douglas Reid, £1; Miss Harwood, 5s.; Miss King, 6s. 9d.; Miss Elvey, 5s. 4d.; Miss Brett, 5s.; R. E. B., 2s. 6d ; Miss Prentice. 2s. 6d.; B. R., £1 ; Mrs. Burgess, 1s. ; Miss Byford, 2s.; P., £1; Miss L. Roe, £1 ; Miss Dalgeish, ls. 2d. ; Miss Taylor, 5s. ; Mrs. Browne, 5s. Total, £6 3s. 9d.
Last Sunday, according to her announced intention, Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, carried on a stretcher, headed a procession which marched to Westminster Abbey. The building was so crowded that the procession was refused admission, and a service, conducted by a clergyman, was held outside. Prayers were offered up for Mrs. Pankhurst and Miss Christabel Pankhurst and for the whole Woman's Movement. Whilst the procession returned Whitehall, three women entered Downing Street and were arrested for obstructing the police.
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