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Today in London’s theatrical history: Old Price Riots begin, 1809.
As we commented in a previous post London’s eighteenth/early nineteenth century theatre audiences were often rowdy, unruly, fond of breaking… READ MORE
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Today in London’s dramatic history: Garrick refuses justices’ request to change the Beggars Opera, 1773.
In September 1773, the actor and impresario David Garrick got into a dispute with the Westminster magistrate John Fielding, over… READ MORE
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Today in London’s mental health history: Winston Churchill statue straitjacketed, 2004.
A fibre-glass statue of former Prime minster Winston Churchill locked into a straitjacket was banned from display in London’s Trafalgar Square… READ MORE
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Today in London’s housing history: Ivanhoe Hotel squatted, Bloomsbury, 1946.
At the end of WW2 there was massive homelessness around the country – a pre-war shortage of housing had been… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: 150,000 oppose British Union of Fascists rally, Hyde Park, 1934.
In 1934 Oswald Mosley’s small but active British Union of Fascists was increasing its activities. Mosley, an aristocratic ex-Tory MP,… READ MORE
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