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Today in London riotous history, 1768: the ‘Massacre of St George’s Fields’
The turbulent career of John Wilkes, demagogue, rakish hellraiser, sometime reformer (and eventual pillar of the establishment), through the 1760s… READ MORE
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Today in London fashion history, 1768: hatters strike for a wage rise
“This day the hatters struck, and refused to work till their wages are raised…” (Annual Register, 9th May 1768) This… READ MORE
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Today in London parklife, 1576: locals attack fences enclosing common land, Osterley Park
Osterley Park, West London, used to be the grounds of a large country house, built here for Sir Thomas Gresham… READ MORE
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Today – and yet not today – in London festive history: the first UK Workers May Day held, 1890
In the late nineteenth century a new layer of meaning was added to May Day, as the first of May… READ MORE
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Today in London striking history, 1834: huge London tailors strike begins
As we’ve seen in previous posts, the tailors working in London had a long tradition of organisation and struggle in… READ MORE
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