Sent on September 1st 1908 from Great Yarmouth to Mr W. Munt, 15 Forest Road, Loughton, Essex. The message reads:
'Dear Bill
Many thanks for P.C. we are having a glorious time down here. I am holding meetings down here for "Women's Suffrage", dense crowds gather round all in favour of the Cause ("I don't think!") I have not let Flo get her trilbys cut yet, so you need not worry. The weather is rather rough this morning so we cannot follow the example of the three "Graces" hard luck isn't it. Yours etc. Beat
VOTES FOR WOMEN'
The male trilby hat was part of the suffragette outfit in satirical artwork and postcards of the time. I think there are two possible meanings for the reference here: either Flo had not gone so far as to wear a trilby, or trilbys; or she was not taking part in activities which would cause them to get 'cut' in a scuffle or arrest.
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