In the Harborough constituency Liberal lecturers were frequently refused access to Anglican schoolrooms where they wished to hold meetings. Eventually the Liberal Association became so frustrated with the situation that parliamentary candidate J.W. Logan built himself a portable meeting room which he took from village to village.
The mobile contraption - dubbed the "Free Speech Hall" - obviously worked and following its introduction the local clergy were less reluctant to hire out school halls to Liberal candidates.
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Sunday, December 06, 2009
J.W. Logan and "Free Speech Hall"
Another glimpse of my hero J.W. Logan is provided by James Moore's The Transformation of Urban Liberalism:
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