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Picture No 10428482
Date 1879
Description Gladstone and the Midlothian Campaign - Departure, West Cald
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A scene showing four-times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone being waved off by a huge crowd of people at West Calder on his tour of Midlothian during a US-style campaign which saw the elderly statesman come out of the retirement to take the ultra-Tory seat. Orchestrated by Lord Rosebery, Gladstone undertook a tour of the area which was highly publicised. He travelled on a Pullman train from which he was able to address gathered crowds. Many queued for hours to hear him speak and paid up to ú5 a ticket. Garlands decorate street lamps and a banner proclaiming, 'Prood to See You' decorates the station building.
Source Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 6 December 1879, p.520
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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