On the morning of April 23rd 2009, parents of children at Lewisham Bridge Primary School, in Elmira Street, Lewisham, Southeast… READ MORE
“One Brown, a Prisoner, returning from Hick’s Hall to Bridewel, passing thro’ Clerkenwell Church Yard, desir’d his Keeper to let… READ MORE
The tax on newspapers was first introduced in Britain in 1712; at the same time similar taxes on the price… READ MORE
On Saturday 18th April 2015, more than 100 local residents and anti-fascists turned out at short notice to bar the progress… READ MORE
“A desperate fray happened at Wapping among several gangs of coalheavers; many persons were wounded, and several houses almost destroyed.”… READ MORE
“The Commons have symbolic roots going back to before the Norman conquest. They stand for the right of every human… READ MORE
As covered in an earlier post, part of the old Savoy Palace building was converted around 1679 into a barracks,… READ MORE
Immediately after the outbreak of World War I, Parliament passed the Defence of the Realm Act (on 8th August 1914) criminalising anything they could… READ MORE
‘Around this time I noticed that there was bad feeling and conflict in the city of London between the rich… 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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