Census+Boycott+Aldwych+Skating+Rink.

It was the 1911 census boycott and the Suffragettes where not too happy the census. They didn't want to sign it if they couldn't vote. In fact according to some without being able to vote you might as well no count them as people.

They needed a way to be out of there houses but a large enough venue to hold hundreds of women. The perfect location for them was a Aldwych roller skating rink. With the decline in the popularity of the rink the owners where happy to allow the women to take it over for only one night. You can see a photo [|here].

This postcard shows roller skating was a big craze at the time. The roller skating rink was used as a hospital in World War One.

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