HJ Lawson and his wife at the start of the Emancipation Run mb-code 1619468 showing crowds gathered to watch

showing crowds gathered to watch a hanging

29th June 1994

a half crinoline which supported the enormous skirt at the back

Hampstead Road

HJ Lawson and his wife at the start of the Emancipation Run mb-code 1619468 showing crowds gathered to watchHJ Lawson and his wife at the start of the Emancipation Run, Brighton, East Sussex, 1896. A crowd of people stand behind them. The run was from London to Brighton, and was a celebration of the repeal of the Red Flag Act of 1865. The act specified that every car must have at least three persons in attendance; for various reasons including one person being needed to steer, one to work the brakes and one to walk ahead wih a red flag to warn people of the