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Title: "POLITICS and SIGHTSEEING. Over 1,000 women voters from Newport visit London and are entertained by Mr. Reginald Clarry - their M.P.".
M/S of Mr. C. surrounded by women, some appear to be wearing old fashioned Puritan costumes. M/S of a group of women all wearing rosettes,...
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The women's costumes aren't 'Puritan,' but the traditional costume of Wales. Sir Reginald Perry was M.P. of the historic Newport constituency of Monmouthshire and became one of the longest-serving MP's from Wales. This particular event brought over 1,000 of his constituents to London in March, 1924 and created such a media buzz that images of it were printed in newspapers around the world.