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On 30th August 1572, the playing of football was banned in the City of London. And not for the first… READ MORE
“There was a battle, a pitched battle, in Powis Terrace where I lived. I looked through the fifth floor window… READ MORE
In August 1889 a strike started at Spottiswoode’s, an old printing firm (based near Lincolns Inn Fields) which dated back… READ MORE
On 22nd August 1842, 40,000 Chartists defied a ban to rally on Kennington Common & fought police who attempted to… READ MORE
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries nailing of the ear to a pillory (or cutting off the ears completely) was… READ MORE
[Yes this post is Late. Busy, y’know.] The First of May Group/International Revolutionary Solidarity Movement was an ‘armed struggle’ anarchist… READ MORE
In 1859-60, London’s builders fought a prolonged struggle to try and reduce the number of hours they had to work… READ MORE
On August 17th 1387, a number of journeymen Cordwainers were charged with making an illegal fraternity. Cordwainers were shoemakers who… READ MORE
The Cleaners Action Group was set up in the early 1970s by women who were working cleaning large office blocks… 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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