A retired minister who occasionally takes services at church fascinated us all with his memories of his mother. She was the suffragette who threw a brick through the window of the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was arrested, imprisoned and force fed.
His GM, her M, wrote numerous letters to the prison governor and the PM expressing her concern about her daughter's fragile state of health (which was true) until she was eventually released.
When his M found out the reason for her release, she wrote to the PM and told him she'd gladly return to prison to complete her sentence despite her mother's pleading, and if were asked to do so, would gladly repeat her offense.
He and his siblings were due to be sent away to the country during the war for their own safety and his M told them about this because she wanted them to know and was worried that if she never saw them again, they'd never know.
His father had forbade her to tell their children and his GM never spoke of it.
