Tim Dunn’s Mind the Gap podcast explores the London Overground’s Suffragette line
Transport for London’s (TfL) new Mind the Gap podcast episode delves into the history behind the London Overground’s Suffragette line, with interviews with activist and scholar Helen Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst’s great-granddaughter, and comedian and writer, Cally Beaton.
The soon to be renamed London Overground Suffragette line honours how the working-class movement in the East End paved the way for women’s rights.
In episode four of the Mind the Gap podcast, presenter Tim Dunn visits Barking Riverside London Overground station, in east London, where he speaks with Helen Pankhurst. Helen is the great-granddaughter of Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, who was one of key Suffragette leaders from east London who campaigned for women’s rights.
During the interview Helen talks about the impact her great-grandmother and family had on her views on women’s rights and her own work, the history of the Suffragette movement and current women’s rights issues and challenges. Helen also talks about the work of her grandmother Sylvia Pankhurst who was also a key figure in the Suffragette movement and had strong links to the working classes in the East End of London.
In the second part of the episode, Tim speaks with British comedian and activist Cally Beaton at Gospel Oak London Overground station. Cally talks about her journey of becoming the first female board member at ITV and a champion for women in business. Cally then speaks about how she became a comedian, the influence of comedy legend Joan Rivers, and how perceptions of women in comedy still have a way to go.
The final two episodes for this series of the Mind the Gap London Overground series will delve into the stories of Weaver and Windrush lines later this autumn.
The ‘Mind the Gap’ podcast series was produced by 18Sixty and is released today on all major podcast platforms.
What a waste of public funds to rename train stations which could be put to so much better effect. Rather seen as a publicity stunt methinks
Personally I quite like it: it makes it easier to plan journeys, especially for visitors.
It also highlights some of London’s history.
FYI the stations are not being renamed: it’s the lines, so the
As far as costs go, there are far greater wastes of public funds to worry about.