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WSPU Paddington and Marylebone Brand. In 1906 it was lead by Miss Hooper The Suffragists held a very great meeting in Hyde Park on Sunday last, when more than a quarter of a million people were gathered together. Seven processions started for the park from various points in the metropolis: Trafalgar Square, Victoria Embankment, Euston, Paddington, Marylebone, Kensington, and Chelsea. The proceedings were quiet and peaceful, and the ladies claim a great victory for the cause. Some six thousand policemen were on duty to protect Suffragists from hooligans and others." - From The Illustrated London News, June 27, 1908.