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Today in London’s infra(re)structural history, 1845: New Oxford Street opens – built to socially cleanse the St Giles Rookery
No Through Road? This is a brief introduction to some of the social engineering involved in the building of three… READ MORE
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This week in North Kentish festive history: ‘Youling’ ritual took place, Keston and Wickham
Until the 1800s, for centuries, the youth of the North Kentish villages of Wickham and Keston (now suburbs of south… READ MORE
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Today in London’s satirical history: the traditional date of mock elections for the Mayor of Garratt
In the eighteenth century, Garratt was a tiny village in the fields between Wandsworth and Tooting, now part of South… READ MORE
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Today in Thames history, 1973: Canvey islanders sail ‘Oil armada’ to parliament
In 1973 a campaign began in order to stop 2 oil refineries being built on Canvey Island. It was to… READ MORE
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Today in London’s anti-enclosure history, 1751: a crowd force entry into Richmond Park
On May 16th 1751, a group of local residents climbed over the wall into Richmond Park, to carry out the… READ MORE
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~ Rogers Hornsby
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