HJ Lawson and his wife at the start of the Emancipation Run pebbles View of the Ship Tavern

View of the Ship Tavern on the corner of Goodman's Yard and Minories

Lord Mayor of London in civic costume

at the corner of Smithfield and Cow Lane

showing the Cavalry at St James's Palace

HJ Lawson and his wife at the start of the Emancipation Run pebbles View of the Ship TavernHJ 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