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June 2010 Saturday 12: Bradford Library 2pm. Title: Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote in the Bradford area. Venue: Bradford Central Library, Princes Way, BD1 1NN. Organization: Bradford Local Studies Library. Admission: £3.00 (including tea, coffee, biscuits from 1.30). Booking: 01274 433688 or local.studies@bradford.gov.uk or pay at the door. July 2010 Friday 9: Hebden Bridge Library 7.30 pm. Title: Writing suffragette: Lavena Saltonstall. Venue: Hebden Bridge Library, Cheetham St, Hebden Bridge HX7 8EP. Organization: Calderdale Writers’ Roadshow. Admission: £2 (£1.50 concs); tickets available from Hebden Bridge Library or from Anna Turner 01422 392606 or anna.turner@calderdale.gov.uk Event organizer: Anna Turner, Reader Development, Central Library, Halifax. Nearest bookshop: The Bookcase, 29 Market St, Hebden Bridge, 01422 845353. August 14 – 22 : Halifax Title: Woven in the Fabric – a play by Anna Carlisle. Venue: promenade event from Square Chapel to Halifax Minster. Organization: a Square Peg production. Description: a play on the lives of Martha Crossley of Dean Clough, Halifax & Lavena Saltonstall, Hebden Bridge & Halifax suffragette. Information: www.squarepegproductions.co.uk  September Sunday 19: Upper Calder Valley 10.30 am. details available shortly.

September 2010 Sunday: Upper Calder Valley – details available shortly. Title: Walking with Women’s Suffrage. Venue: meet at Mytholmroyd station (Manchester platform). Organizer: South Pennine Walk & Ride Festival & Mytholmroyd Walkers’ Action. Route: circular, 8 miles, moderate (with some steep climbs). Description: where did the local votes for women campaign come from? This walk circles the beautiful Upper Calder Valley, in the footsteps of Lavena Saltonstall and other local suffragettes – tracking where they lived, where they worked and where Emmeline Pankhurst held her packed Votes for Women meeting. Walking: boots strongly advised; bring packed lunch. Booking: booking essential: Hebden Bridge TIC 01422 843831. Further details: South Pennine Walk & Ride Festival – publicity coming shortly. Nearest bookshop: The Bookcase, 29 Market Street, Hebden Bridge, 01422 845353.