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Today in London radical history: GH Baskomb encloses Chiselhurst Common, 1876
G H Baskomb was the owner of a windmill built in 1796 on common land on Chiselhurst Common, now Southeast… READ MORE
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Today in London’s rebel history: released from prison, Oscar Wilde stays with radical vicar Stewart Headlam, Bloomsbury, 1897.
In the mid-1890s, playwright Oscar Wilde was at the height of his fame, lauded for his brilliant, witty theatrical works,… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: London bus strike ends, 1917.
The May 1917 London Bus strike seems to have been sparked when the London General Omnibus Company refused to recognise… READ MORE
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Today in London’s housing history: Ronan Point explosion kills 5, Newham, 1968.
During the Second World War 25% of the housing in West Ham was destroyed by enemy bombing, (some 14,000 houses… READ MORE
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