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Today in London’s rebel history: ‘Incoherent insurrection’ in the City, 1263.
The later years of the thirteenth century reign of king Henry III were dominated by a constitutional crisis, which degenerated… READ MORE
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Today in London rebel history: Fashionable strollers mobbed in Hyde Park in Sunday Trading Bill riots, 1855.
In June 1855, Hyde Park was the scene of mass defiance of the authorities. The spark was Lord Grosvenor’s Sunday… READ MORE
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Today in London history: Traditional date for beginning of rowdy Pinner Fair.
The Fair in the onetime Middlesex town (now Northwest London suburb) of Pinner was at one time the biggest popular… READ MORE
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Today on the Thames, 1758: crew of Prince of Wales fight off pressgang during navy ‘recruitment’ campaign
In the 18th century, it could be dangerous to nip down the pub near the River Thames… Or pretty much… READ MORE
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