Thursday Flashback

Topical at the moment with the new Suffragette movie currently showing in cinemas is this picture of the Suffragette movement in Scarborough. The movement had a premises in Scarborough in Huntriss Row and was known as the Women’s Social and Political Union. How did you know those that you picked out?” “I can remember balls by sight – by their general appearance.”

Continuing, he said that all the balls in the box, together with those he had bought from the box, had been used. Inspector Boynton said he saw prisoner at 10.30am on Wednesday. He was cautioned and charged with the offence and replied: “Yes, I took them from the box. But I didn’t go specially to steal them.

“I was there and saw them and couldn’t resist the temptation to steal them.”

Shortly afterwards he said he had sold them to Mr Walker. Prisoner had nothing to say.

Inspector Boynton said the boy has been a caddy at the club at one time. Mrs Agar said she had never had any trouble with him before.

Inspector Boynton said he must say that the boy was Adela Pankhurst had been spearheading the right for women’s votes in the town since January 1910. Photo reproduced courtesy of the Max Payne collection. Reprints can be ordered from our offices with proceeds going to local charities. very truthful when he saw him, telling him everything about the offence. That was not often the case.

The chairman said the magistrates had decided to deal very leniently with prisoner. He would be bound over in his own recognisances of £5 and his mother in £10, to be of good behaviour for twelve months. He was making a very bad beginning, continued the chairman, and must remember that if he came there again he would not be dealt with so leniently.