By Christopher Davson Reproduced from a “Rye’s Own” article of 1973 Westminster prides itself on its nickname the “Mother of Parliaments” — not because it was the first democratic assembly (even the Greeks had a word for that!) but because that Parliament which Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and victor of the battle of … Continue reading Grandmother Of Parliaments
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Discover Westminster in the pages of Rye’s Own, where the subject emerges through local voices, historical detail and stories written close to the events. The trail includes “Gilbert Fabes” and “Grandmother Of Parliaments”, offering several ways into the subject rather than a single potted account.
Gilbert Fabes
Gilbert Fabes was born on January 6th, 1894, in one of the severest winters of the century. His family lived in a small working-class house in Stanford Street, off the Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster.