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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2007.28.109 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name postcard Description Postcard of a stained glass window, featuring Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, from Colchester Town Hall.The object has been identified as part of the LGBT+ collections as it depicts Boudica. In the Victorian period 'Boudica' was used to refer to women who didn't marry. It is believed to have later turned into the phrase 'Bull Dyke', with 'dyke' being an offensive slang term to refer to lesbians in the modern day. Some lesbians have chosen to reclaim the word and use it amongst themselves. Creator Colchester Borough Council (borough council)‎, Superior Creative Services Ltd (printer)‎ Production place Colchester, Essex, Melksham, Wiltshire Subject stained glass window Material paper Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2007.28.109
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

postcard
Description

Postcard of a stained glass window, featuring Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, from Colchester Town Hall.The object has been identified as part of the LGBT+ collections as it depicts Boudica. In the Victorian period 'Boudica' was used to refer to women who didn't marry. It is believed to have later turned into the phrase 'Bull Dyke', with 'dyke' being an offensive slang term to refer to lesbians in the modern day. Some lesbians have chosen to reclaim the word and use it amongst themselves.
Creator

Colchester Borough Council (borough council)‎, Superior Creative Services Ltd (printer)‎
Production place

Colchester, Essex, Melksham, Wiltshire
Subject

stained glass window
Material

paper

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