Brighton-born suffragette honoured by bus company

Brighton and Hove Buses has honoured Minnie Turner, who was born in Preston Street 150 years ago.

Born in 1867, she ran a guest house in Victoria Road early last century which attracted many professional women.

She joined the Liberal Party but left because of their poor support for women’s suffrage. She then turned to militancy and was arrested three times, once breaking a window at the Home Office in London and being sent to prison.

In later years she was modest about her achievements, but proud of the many suffrage leaders who had stayed with her at Victoria Road. Her guests had included Emmeline Pankhurst and several of her family, Lady Constance Lytton, Lady Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Emily Wilding Davison, Annie Kenney, Mrs Drummond and many others.

Brighton and Hove Buses has been working with the Royal Pavilion and Museums to name its buses after leading Brighton and Hove residents.

Alexia Lazou from the Royal Pavilion and Museums said: “We’ve really enjoyed working with the bus company to help select the names of notable people from Brighton and Hove’s history. A number of those chosen feature in our museum displays, enabling people to learn more about how these individuals made a significant contribution to our city.”

To find out more about notable names on the buses, visit: www.buses.co.uk/names