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Today in London’s history: splits deepen among silkweavers, Spitalfields, 1768.
As previously recounted elsewhere on this blog, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the silkweavers of London’s East End were… READ MORE
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Today in labour history: Mary Macarthur, womens TU leader, dies, Golders Green, 1921.
Mary Macarthur, the daughter of John Macarthur and Anne Martin, was born in Glasgow on 13th August 1880. The couple had six… READ MORE
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Jan 2nd: An unlucky day to work (or do anything), according to the anglo-saxons.
Medieval anglo-saxons thought January 2nd an unlucky day to do any work. However, it is likely because they thought Jan… READ MORE
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Today in London’s dole history: Belmont workhouse inmates riot, Sutton, 1910.
The origins of the workhouse in Britain come from attempts to restrict the rights, wages and mobility of the labouring… READ MORE
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Today in London’s parklife: 1000s destroy enclosure fences, Hackney Downs, 1875
On December 11th 1875, a crowd of several thousand people assembled on Hackney Downs, East London, to take part in… READ MORE
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