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Elsy Borders changed the course of legal and political history in the field of owner-occupied housing mortgages. The campaigns around… READ MORE
On January 10th, 1831, Richard Carlile was sentenced to 32 months imprisonment for sedition; specifically for advising agricultural labourers to… READ MORE
On May 10th 1768, Dingley’s Steam-powered Sawmill in Limehouse was burnt down by 500 sawyers, who claimed it was putting… READ MORE
When World War 1 came to an end, in November 1918, there were millions of men in uniform across Europe.… READ MORE
“On Sat 6th Jan a group of local people, along with others, occupied 139-141 Church Street with the intention of… READ MORE
As previously recounted elsewhere on this blog, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the silkweavers of London’s East End were… READ MORE
Mary Macarthur, the daughter of John Macarthur and Anne Martin, was born in Glasgow on 13th August 1880. The couple had six… READ MORE
Medieval anglo-saxons thought January 2nd an unlucky day to do any work. However, it is likely because they thought Jan… READ MORE
The origins of the workhouse in Britain come from attempts to restrict the rights, wages and mobility of the labouring… 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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