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S U B U R B
YOUTH Suburb Inspiration

Often in the pages of Suburb News, residents have expressed how inspiring the Suburb is to them. In this
section we specifically hear from the young on the way the Suburb has inspired them, and how they have been
influenced by its history, nature or culture – and how delicate and vunerable these things are. So easily lost.

In this edition we welcome a new team from The Henrietta
Barnett School and receive our last articles from the 2022 My Edith How-Martyn Project
team at Archer Academy. All of the new youth journalists
from HBS are in Year 10 and are enthusiastic about My name is Clara Chapman and I am 8 years old. This summer
contributing to Suburb News Youth and these are their my school set us homework to make a poster about a person
pen portraits: that we found inspirational. I remembered that my next door
neighbour Nicky had told me that she had watched a virtual
Saanvi Akula tour of HGS during the first lockdown in 2020 and learnt that
I am delighted to be a part of the new a prominent suffragette called Edith How-Martyn had lived in
team of youth writers. I have always our house. With the help of my Mummy and Daddy I decided
loved reading, writing and debating but to do some research on her to see if she could be my
only recently have developed an interest inspirational person for my summer homework project.
in journalism and current affairs. I enjoy
singing, playing the piano and violin, I could not believe it when one of the first things I read about
badminton and dancing. Edith How-Martyn was that she went to North London
Collegiate School. I joined North London Collegiate last year
after finishing at Annemount School and it just seems crazy
Soumiya Indrakumar to me that Edith How-Martyn went to the same school as me
I am Sri Lankan and speak Tamil. My around 140 years ago and lived in the very same house as me
favourite hobbies are playing netball and 100 years ago. It was such an amazing coincidence.
badminton! I love writing and hope that I Once I read more about Edith How-Martyn I knew that she would be a brilliant person to do my project
can express my opinions to you all as I on. Edith How-Martyn was a well-known suffragette and believed in equal rights and votes for women.
write for Suburb News!
She was an early member of the Womenʼs Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1905. The following year
she was appointed joint secretary of the WSPU with Charlotte Despard. In 1906 she was arrested in the
lobby of the House of Commons for trying to give a speech. This was one of the first acts of suffragette
militancy and she was one of the first WSPU members to go to jail. She was in prison for two months.
Praneeta Karjodkar Edith How-Martyn is particularly known for her involvement in the suffragetteʼs response to the 1911
I have quite a few hobbies such as tennis, census. She wrote an article in the womenʼs magazine ʻVoteʼ calling on women to boycott the census
badminton and painting. However, my by refusing to be counted. The census entry for my house in 1911 shows that it was being used as an
favourite hobby is baking which I have ʻopen houseʼ meaning that women who did not live there, were there on census night and therefore
been doing since I was 4! I also love not in their own homes and hiding so that they could not be counted. My Mummy and Daddy managed
reading, be it news articles, books or to find a copy of the census entry and it is amazing to see the notes that have been recorded on it. For
even poetry. I think I am a very creative example, the officer notes that it is being used as an open house and tries to correct the incorrect
person, thus my favourite subjects in information that has been given and someone (I suppose either Edith or her husband) has written
school are Art, DTE and English. across the form “No votes for women, no information from women” and “legislation without
representation is slavery.” It makes me feel so excited and proud when I think about Edith standing in
Armitha Panchalingam the same rooms that I do now plotting what she was going to do next to try to achieve her goal of
My favourite subjects are Maths and women having the right to vote.
Physics. My favourite hobbies are reading
and writing which makes me all the more Now that my school project is finished I am helping my parents to put together an application to get a
excited about writing for Suburb News. I blue plaque on our house. I think it would be really special for Edith How-Martyn to be recognised for
enjoy creative writing as I can let my the incredible and brave work that she did fighting for womenʼs rights.
imagination run wild and share it with CLARA CHAPMAN, NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE
others at the same time!
If any of our young readers, like Clara, know of anyone famous or of interest to our readers, who lived in their
house in the past, then maybe you could write an article too. Just send it to suburbnews@hgsra.uk.
Riya Shah
I like to play badminton and I also enjoy
playing the piano. One of my all-time PROMS AT ST JUDE’S COMPETITION
favourite books is 'Pride and Prejudice'
by Jane Austen, as it is a perfect mix of Compose a fanfare for
romance, comedy and sarcasm, three
things I really enjoy in books and it is
filled with very memorable quotes and the Coronation of King Charles III
iconic characters.
Proms at St Judeʼs is running a fanfare competition for young people aged 11 to 18 – this time to
Vishali Thushyanthan
My favourite aspect of English is definitely celebrate the coronation of King Charles III.
the creative writing part, as I can express The challenge is to compose a fanfare of no longer than 30 seconds for any combination of
my ideas and opinions freely and with no instruments and to submit a score (whether using a computer program or handwritten) and a
barriers. My favourite subjects are Maths recording for judging. There are two categories: one for acoustic instruments and one intended to
and Chemistry. I also love to swim and be played electronically.
play badminton and enjoy reading books! “You donʼt even have to be able to read music,” said Joan Arnold,
who initiated the competition six years ago. “Thanks to
increasingly sophisticated technological programs, composing is
accessible to anyone with a computer.”
The competition is being sponsored by Dorico – a music notation
software company. Winners will receive a gift token worth £50. The
senior winner will have their piece played live to a public audience
and also receive a licence for special music notation software,
Dorico Pro, worth nearly £500. 25 runners-up will win a Dorico
Elements licence worth £85.
Scan here for a free 2022 winner, Nicholas Delargy Crawley from Woodhouse College,
no-obligation will be one of the judges of the 2023 competition. He encouraged
market valuation people to enter. “Itʼs a fun challenge,” said Nicholas. “I recommend
it to anyone who loves music.”
If you want to enter the competition or to find out more, go to
EDWARD GILBERT
DIRECTOR www.promsatstjudes.org.uk/fanfare-competition. King of the Beats vibing to
903-905 Finchley Road, NW117PE T: 020 8731 1710 Closing date is Friday 28 April 2023. the fanfare
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