A schools project for primary children in Manchester has been shortlisted in the Historic England Angel Awards 2018.

One hundred years after England celebrated the first vote for women in 1918, the cry of “Votes for Women” rang out in Platt Fields park, Manchester.

A march by children dressed in turn-of-the-century outfits and waving flags, was just one of the highlights of a project that invited pupils from 10 local Heritage Schools to remember the suffrage movement and their impact on the city – not to mention experience some of the passion that went with it.

The public are invited to vote for the project to win a ‘people’s choice’ award – voting closes Sunday 18 November: HistoricEngland.org.uk/AngelAwards

Chaired by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the 2018 judging panel comprises historian Bettany Hughes, TV’s Restoration Man George Clarke, the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Baroness Lola Young and Historic England’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson.

The winners will be announced and presented with their awards at a glittering ceremony at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre on 27 November 2018.

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