Barbara Castle of Germany in 1990, for services to European democracy. In September 2008 Northern Rail, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and PTEG (Passenger transport executive Group) named a train after her. The plaque was unveiled by Barbara's niece, Sonya Hinton, and Ruth Kelly MP (then Secretary of State for Transport). A commemorative brochure of the event was produced by PTEG. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT ("née" Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979,
The Blackburn Riots Rutha Blackburn. The couple, though slaves owned by different people, were married in Louisville in 1831. A few months after their marriage, Rutha was sold to another slave owner. Before she could be shipped off, however, Rutha fled Kentucky with her husband on July 3, 1831. The two settled down in the free, northern city of Detroit, Michigan. That fall, a white man from Louisville named Thomas J. Rogers visited Detroit. He ran into Thornton Blackburn and recognized him as a slave who had fled his town a few months prior. Thornton, on the other hand, did not recognize him,