HJ Lawson and his wife at the start of the Emancipation Run mb-code 1619468 'Queen Elizabeth (I) Received by

'Queen Elizabeth (I) Received by Sir Thomas Gresham on the Opening of the Royal Exchange

as a porter

29th June 1994

View with a cart and a horse feeding from a bucket

showing crowds gathered to watch a hanging

HJ Lawson and his wife at the start of the Emancipation Run mb-code 1619468 'Queen Elizabeth (I) Received byHJ 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