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In London, as in many other cities, the middle ages saw work and its rules and regulations codified in trade… READ MORE
On 15th April 1870, a Land and Labour League unemployed demonstration took place in London. The winter of 1869-70 had… READ MORE
“Between 6.10pm on Friday, 10th April, 1981, and 11.34pm, on Monday April 13th April 1981, during a very warm early spring… READ MORE
Sometimes called “the first great British working class political movement”, the Chartist movement, which spanned the late 1830s to the… READ MORE
The Gin Craze was a period in the first half of the 18th century when the consumption of gin increased rapidly in Great Britain, especially… READ MORE
Apologies: we meant to put pictures in this post. Cos it is a big lump of text not broken up… READ MORE
In March 1984, Lambeth Council sent in 200 cops to evict seven squatted terraced houses in Effra Parade, off Railton… READ MORE
On this date in 1741, at Tyburn‘s largest mass-execution of the mid-18th century, renowned cutpurse Jenny Diver was hanged along with… READ MORE
Working class communities have always been subject to systematically hostile policing. But conditions in Brixton as in many other areas… READ MORE
The Ranters formed the extreme left wing of the sects which came into prominence during the English Revolution, both theologically… 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
A passionate baseball fan blog celebrating America's favorite pastime.
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