I871 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe, proposed a tax on matches. The Bryant and May workers, mainly girls, realised this threatened their jobs and marched in protest on the House of Commons on 24 April 1871. The tax was never imposed. Bryant and May, who must have, at the very least, sanctioned the workers absence during the march, erected a fountain to celebrate.
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Match tax abandoned
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Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - lost
This elaborate fountain was commissioned by Bryant and May to celebrate the a...
Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - plaque
This plaque is a rarity: a memorial to a memorial! The site of the fountain ...
Other Subjects
Robin Anthony Eve
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
1 memorial
Edwin Willmott Sloper
A Trustee of Alexandra Park from 1902 and Honorary Manager from June 1910 until his death in March 1921. Mayor of Hornsey 1907-8 and again in 1913-1914. In 1919 he was elected a fellow and member ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
C. Mansfield
Councillor and member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. Our image comes from Wikipedia's photo captioned 'First West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7'. This 'Councillor C...
1 memorial
Julia Scurr
Born Julia Sullivan in Limehouse, married John Scurr in 1900. Politically active, campaigning for working women, the unemployed, women's suffrage. 1919 elected to Poplar Borough Council and was imp...
2 memorials
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