Frances Lockett blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Frances Burgess (neé Lockett) (1910-1993) Nineteen-year-old Frances Lockett of Hyde was voted the Town's first Cotton Queen in 1930. Later that year she became the first Cotton Queen for Britain. After receiving the award she returned home to a 20,000 strong crowd. She lived at 16 Queen Street, Hyde. Recorded plaque organisation: Tameside Metropolitan Borough.

Frances Lockett was crowned the first Cotton Queen of Hyde in 1930 and subsequently became Britain's first Cotton Queen, symbolizing local industrial pride and boosting morale during economic hardship.