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[alisonsye]

Morning All. This is the eye of Ian Richards, a homelessness charity worker. The average age of death of a homeless person is 47, 30 years younger than the national average. I took the eye from #timeoutlondon which I found on the train. The blue paper came from a posh catalogue from my work's bin. Still using up Nan's threads. The photographer is #AndyParsons Looking forward to listening to Louise Raw on the radio later. Saving my toilet cleaning for when she's on. #louiseraw #ianrichards #crisis #artfromlondonbins #william&son #32Eyes #artfromthestreets #artfromconkedoutstuff #contemporaryembroidery #AlisonSye851 #londonart

[alisonsye]

This is the 'pauper's grave' of Sarah Chapman, another mighty person lost in history on account of her being poor and seemingly unimportant. She was a leader of the 1888 matchwomen's strike. She was one of the first working-class women to represent their union at the TUC. She most certainly made contributions to the beginnings of the modern trade union movement and to working women's rights. The grave was discovered this year by her great granddaughter (on twitter as @fantasticboys_2), and was nothing more than a grassy footpath with no marking. There is a petition pinned to top of my twitter feed, and also information in my bio, here. The petition is to save her grave and have a fitting memorial, 1,700 more signatures are needed and it only takes a minute. The photograph was taken by #louiseraw a historian and author with much integrity. Have a good Tuesday x #strikealight #sarahchapman #savesarah #samjohnson #matchwomensstrike #labourmovement #bryantandmaymatchwomen #bryantandmay1888 #TUC #workingwomensrights