Donkeyshott & Xuitlacoche

Women are the slaves of slaves From Peace News 28th August 1970 ________________________________  AFRICAN WOMEN'S LIBERATION ________________________________  By Eve Hall In the last three or four years, women's liberation movements have mushroomed all over the world, spawned offshoots to the right and to the left and given birth to near lunatic groups like SCUM: The Society for Cutting up Men. It's fairly easy to explain the sudden militancy and vocal demands. Two generations after women wrestled the right to vote from male-ruled society, a hard fact is becoming more and more apparent; that, as votes for men did nothing to shift the power from the Capitalist class to the workers, so votes for women haven't brought the hoped for freedom, equality and better life. Along with Blacks in America, students all over the world, Tanzanians, Cubans and Vietnamese, women realise that the fight is not for equal rights. The fight is for change in society ...

Hall and Sultan family on their legendary picnic Looking at this picture I wonder. There is that sense of happy proximity that families sometimes get. How can the little boy in the middle of the carriage look like my grandfather? And yet he does. He is smiling at his grandmother who has just said something to him.  Granny and Arthur sit comfortably together on one side. Granny Hall doesn't bother to turn to camera, she sits comfortably, but Arthur does turn a little, and his body faces his mother and his arm touches the drape on the side.  Gertrude Sultan (nee Hall) and he husband Mr Sultan on a visit from Gwalior are on their feet at the back. Gertrude smiles from a long way away. Perhaps she is thinking of us looking at this picture. She's conscious of her husband at her side. Of facing her brother. Of her mother speaking to John.  She has crafted this moment. Perhaps the picnic was her idea. She's a mover and a shaker. When the photo has been taken they will sit down...

  Great Aunt Lindley and Great great grandmother Powell. Great, great Aunt Lindley and Great, great, great grandmother Powell to the younger generation.   

Andy, Nola, Chris, Linda, Kerry, Mark, John, Douglas, Phil

Tony, Dad, Grandpa standing on the left at the back in the blazer .

 Our great grandmother Carolin or the younger generations' Great, great grandmother