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written on the back by Serena Wadham
'sent MEPL may '91"
This refers to the Mary Evans Picture Library

During a shoot about the cellist Amaryllis Fleming Serena also photographed Fleming's living room.

Written on a note with the film:
'Charles Crendle'

Mrs Pat Hanlon at her shop where she sells and repairs bicycles.

"Mrs Watson loves driving her coach. She drives from Addlestone to Stevenage every day. The 70 miles take 3½ hours, and she has 15 minutes to check the money. Her husband drives a bus".

written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
"Daisy Nolan Teleprinters P.O. factory in Islington"

Despite an early crash that prevented her becoming a professional musician, Serena Wadham was a lifelong motorcycling enthusiast and belonged to at least one women's biking organisation.

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham :
"At Guildford the students wired this generator to replace the electricity which had been cut off"

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham :
"Entering Powis Square, Notting Hill, just after it had been liberated on the 15th June 1968."

Four policemen talk together outside an illegal squat in Ilford. Three faces look out from the building, one person has a loudspeaker and posters in the window declare 'Occupied by London Squatters'.

A man looks at the sign for "Ladies and girl swimmers only' on Hampstead Heath.

Since the early 1920s the Women's pond has been a secluded oasis popular with North London women for both swimming - especially after the pike were removed - and socialising.

American artist and feminist activist, creator of the celebrated 'vulvar' installation, 'The Dinner Party' (1979)

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
'Suffragette (v old)
Dame Margery Corbett-Ashby, suffragist, 98. Speaking at Women's Action Day on 27-11-80.'

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
'Boulez conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Note that his conducting technique is quite unique: he can & does conduct 4 players at once. Each in a different …