Saturday 20 October 1990 saw the second national UK demonstration against the hated poll tax, which ended in a police… READ MORE
“On Friday afternoon a meeting of a very alarming nature took place at Deptford amongst the Shipwrights; we are given… READ MORE
1907-8 saw a sharp stepping up of the campaign by UK women to win the vote. Successive rejections of lobbying… READ MORE
BRICK LANE, a long East End street which runs from Whitechapel to Bethnal Green, was one of the earliest parts… READ MORE
Harry Stanley was a 46-year-old Scottish painter and decorator, who lived in Hackney, East London. In September 1999 he was… READ MORE
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist branch of the Christian mystery, was a great one for preaching to large crowds… READ MORE
Pretty much everyone has heard of the Luddites, although many people still have a misconception about the reasons why they… READ MORE
In February 1977 5 blocks of 54 empty police flats, in Huntley Street, behind University College Hospital, which had lain… 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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