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Today in military history: conscripts in Savoy barracks bound for service in East India Company, riot; all shot dead. 1763.
As covered in an earlier post, part of the old Savoy Palace building was converted around 1679 into a barracks,… READ MORE
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Today in London history: War is the Ruin of the Drinking Classes, 1917.
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
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Today in London rebel history: William FitzOsbert, or Longbeard, executed,1196, after popular disturbances.
‘Around this time I noticed that there was bad feeling and conflict in the city of London between the rich… READ MORE
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Today in London’s unruly history: mock executions of hate figures in effigy, Tower Hill, 1771.
Effigy burning – although best known now for Guy Fawkes night, twas once one of the most prevalent political symbolic… READ MORE
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Today in London’s history: Richard O’Brien killed by police, Walworth, 1994
Richard O’Brien died on 4 April 1994, after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly and taken to Walworth police… READ MORE
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