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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: SydneyRover on November 09, 2020, 07:53:43 am

Title: Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman
Post by: SydneyRover on November 09, 2020, 07:53:43 am

Blue plaque to honour Yorkshirewoman who was locked in asylum for calling vicar a liar
Mary Heaton spent 41 years in a Wakefield asylum for challenging a cleric. Finally, her life and suffering are being recognised

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/08/blue-plaque-to-honour-yorkshirewoman-who-was-locked-in-asylum-for-calling-vicar-a-liar

Title: Re: Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman
Post by: belton rover on November 10, 2020, 07:18:27 am

Quote from: SydneyRover on November 09, 2020, 07:53:43 am

Blue plaque to honour Yorkshirewoman who was locked in asylum for calling vicar a liar
Mary Heaton spent 41 years in a Wakefield asylum for challenging a cleric. Finally, her life and suffering are being recognised

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/08/blue-plaque-to-honour-yorkshirewoman-who-was-locked-in-asylum-for-calling-vicar-a-liar

That is an incredible story.

Title: Re: Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman
Post by: SydneyRover on November 10, 2020, 07:38:37 am

It shows the morals of the Reverend that pursued her and then let her rot in an institution rather than being honest and paying his bill.

Title: Re: Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman
Post by: drfchound on November 10, 2020, 08:21:38 pm

There probably hadn