- Museum
- Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
- Date
- 1884
- Object Number
- CUKDM 1977/070/02
- Title
Miners Banner
- Object Category
- Industrial & Social History
- Object Name
- Miners Banner
- Description
Carried by miners from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire at the 'Great Franchise Demonstration' in Glasgow. An estimated 50,000 people marched in support of the Franchise Bill. Soon after the 1884 Reform Act was passed giving 1/3 of the male population the right to vote.
Find out more about the material culture of banners (including this one) in this blog.
- Method
- Donation