Elizabeth is now on the map, officially! The new Congleton link road was named Wolstenholme Elmy Way on 19th April 2021.
Elizabeth’s Group and some friends walked the road on the 18th, the pre-opening day, in suffragist costume, to celebrate the road name. We met lots of members of the public on bikes or walking, and the majority, we were delighted to find, knew exactly who the road was named after! For more pictures, see the Gallery.
Then on the opening day we hired a vintage Daimler and drove up the new road as part of the Classic Car Cruise! We were in the company of lots of other classic cars and some novelty ones too, like the Batmobile. We waved streamers in suffragist colours and lots of people lined the road and waved at us. We were particularly happy to see and hear a crowd of children calling out ‘votes for women’ as we drove by!
To top it off we were interviewed, and Elizabeth’s story was featured, in the BBC North West Tonight news report, which you can watch here: