Fanny Deakin, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1883 - 1968 (c.)

Description:Fanny Deakin was a Labour then Communist councillor for Newcastle-under-Lyme. She fought for better maternity care and equality after growing up poverty stricken in Silverdale. Over the course of her political career she visited the Soviet Union twice (earning her the nickname 'Red Fanny'), led a large group of miners on a protest march to Number 10 Downing Street and met with Prime Minister Ramsey Macdonald in order to get free milk for pregnant women and children under 5. She was also arrested for perjury when she gave false witness for a friend suspected of inciting a violent riot.

She retired from politics in 1951 when her husband Noah died from long-term health problems after a mining accident and was memorialised by the Fanny Deakin Maternity Home and a ward in a local hospital.
In 1991, Joyce Holliday wrote 'Go See Fanny Deakin'. It centred on Fanny Deakin as the heroine of the miners strikes and welfare fight and it was broadcast by the BBC.


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1830s
Cartoon study for the 'Mock Mayor' of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Cartoon study for the 'Mock Mayor' of Newcastle-under-Lyme

Oil on board depicting cartoon detail of images that were considered by the artist ...

1850s
Ordnance Survey, Public Health Act Map of Newcastle-under-Lyme – Sheet 5
Ordnance Survey, Public Health Act Map of Newcastle-under-Lyme – Sheet 5

These maps were surveyed in 1851 by the Ordnance Survey Department in accordance ...

1880s
Fire Appliances, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Fire Appliances, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A scene of crowds gathered to see a display of a new Merryweather and Shand Mason ...

1900s
Wakes, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Wakes, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The busy market merges with the fair ground rides in this scene of a Wakes in Newcastle. ...

1920s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The tram lines visible in the centre of this photograph give the date of pre 1928, ...

1950s
Castle Hotel, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Castle Hotel, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Castle Hotel opened in around 1820 and was a popular coaching stop for traffic ...

1970s
Bambers, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Bambers, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Bambers ladies wear boutique. It was opened either late 1974 or the start of 1975. ...

2000s
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This is the Newcastle-under-Lyme High Street in 2001. The Woolworths Group collapsed ...

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Donor ref:PA 10515 (22/48529)

Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme

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