Arcade Hall, Barnsley blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Near this spot in the old Arcade Hall Celia Wray and her partner Alice Laura Embleton rallied support for women's rights. Lasses with ambition and courage and most of all some gut, showing fierce attitude until 1918. Recorded plaque organisation: Horizon community College.

Celia Wray and Alice Laura Embleton were key figures in the women's suffrage movement in Barnsley, using Arcade Hall as a base to rally support for women’s rights, contributing significantly to the fight that culminated in women gaining the right to vote in 1918.