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Today in London’s history: White crowds launch Notting Hill race riots, 1958.
“There was a battle, a pitched battle, in Powis Terrace where I lived. I looked through the fifth floor window… READ MORE
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Today in London radical history: Strike begins at Spottiswoode’s Printers,1889.
In August 1889 a strike started at Spottiswoode’s, an old printing firm (based near Lincolns Inn Fields) which dated back… READ MORE
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Today in London radical history: Chartists rally on Kennington Common, 1842.
On 22nd August 1842, 40,000 Chartists defied a ban to rally on Kennington Common & fought police who attempted to… READ MORE
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Today in London’s penal history: John Daye has his ears nailed to Cheapside pillory for seditious sermons against the queen, 1553.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries nailing of the ear to a pillory (or cutting off the ears completely) was… READ MORE
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