Goldfinch, Edwin | Day 11
Paid money to be a colourman – to put up a flag (colour) at his shop and his house. A loyal Liberal (blue) supporter he said he would have changed his mind if he knew ‘such a humbug as Sir Julian was coming down here’ and had he known he would have thrown him in the sea with a plumper.
Note: During this election the election colours were Blue for the Liberals and Yellow for the Conservatives, the complete opposite of those we recognise today.
Witness Type: Bribee
Party: Liberal
Witness Testimony:
- 13946.
The 15s. helped you to keep favourably disposed, did it not ? — It done for a spenser (pocket money, expense) or two, now and then. It was not much.
- 13947.
You felt kindly towards the people who had given you the 15s., was not that it ? — Yes.