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Wandsworth Prison, in South London, was built in 1851. During World War 1, it had been divided into two institutions,… READ MORE
In December 1918 a hairdressers strike broke out in London’s West End: the largest ever hairdressers strike in Britain… Below… READ MORE
On the afternoon of Thursday 22nd November 2001, 25-year old Ricky Bishop was driving through Brixton with a friend. The… READ MORE
Occupational therapy – the incomplete story of the University College Hospital strikes and occupations of 1992-3. The story of the… READ MORE
The staff at St Benedict’s Hospital, Tooting, South London, began an official work-in to prevent closure of their hospital on… READ MORE
Is it disrespectful to the dead of World War 1 to refuse to participate or even to disrupt the official… READ MORE
In the early 1830s, there was growing pressure for parliamentary reform. A rough alliance of middle class and working class… READ MORE
The late 1670s and early 1680s saw a constitutional crisis in England and Scotland, as a growing group of nobles,… READ MORE
On 3rd November 2015, workers on Docklands Light Railways (DLR) in London began a 48-hour strike, the first strike at… READ MORE
As related in our previous post, the reforming London Corresponding Society (LCS) held a rally in Copenhagen Fields, Islington, on October… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
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