1 May 2018

1918 represents 25 years from the formation of Wilson Wright and in this year:

World War One ended – a year of Victory

World War One ended in 1918. Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace and no more fighting) that had been prepared by Britain and France. People in Britain, France and all of the countries that supported them, celebrated the end of war – a war that had lasted four years and four months. In London, a huge crowd gathered in Trafalgar Square.

Flu: 1918 epidemic

As the Great War was ending, a threat emerged that was even more lethal than the fighting that had brutally cut down so many young men. The influenza pandemic of 1918-19 claimed the lives of between 20 and 40 million people around the world, at least three times the number killed in the war.

Women’s suffrage 

The 1918 Representation of the People Act was the start of female suffrage in Great Britain. Women’s suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections.  Limited voting rights were gained by women in Finland, Iceland, Sweden and some Australian colonies and western U.S. states in the late 19th century. National and international organisations formed to coordinate efforts to gain voting rights, especially the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (founded in 1904, Berlin, Germany), and also worked for equal civil rights for women.

Wilson Wright 

In 1904, Wilson Wright had moved its business premises from South East London to Central London. The new offices at The Provincial Bank Chambers, 1 Hatton Garden, was just across the way from where the famous Gamages Store used to stand on Holborn Circus. There the firm was to stay for 68 years. Today, you can see the old premises by looking out from our current Wilson Wright office windows.

We hope you enjoyed this flash back and we look forward to introducing our next chapter soon.