Emmeline Pankhurst addressing crowds at Trafalgar Square 1908 HG2436/51 Foreground dominated by seagulls

Foreground dominated by seagulls

The grain silos and warehouses of the flourmills were amongst the 17 acres of property that the Port of London Authority estimated were damaged

Twenty years later this stretch of Thames was transformed by the Victoria Embankment

the Sale Room

is Cannon Street Station (completed in 1866)

Emmeline Pankhurst addressing crowds at Trafalgar Square 1908 HG2436/51 Foreground dominated by seagullsEmmeline Pankhurst addressing crowds at Trafalgar Square. Traditionally used by all political and campaigning groups for rallies and demonstrations, Trafalgar Square is one of the few open public spaces in central London large enough to hold a crowd. Here Emmeline Pankhurst addresses a crowd of predominantly male onlookers. Many of these men would have simply have been passing through the Square but drawn towards the sight of a slight middle aged