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The winter of 1860-61 was grim: freezing weather and lack of work, leading to mass poverty among working people in… READ MORE
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist branch of the Christian mystery, was a great one for preaching to large crowds… READ MORE
“Yesterday some bread riots took place in Whitechapel and the mob did a considerable deal of damage to the workhouse…”… READ MORE
Sick of religious fundamentalism leading to murder, rape and war? Feel rage at god-botherers preying on the poor and vulnerable?… READ MORE
In 1881 the assassination of the Russian Tsar Alexander II, and the wave of anti-semitic pogroms that followed it, forced… READ MORE
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the daughter of Newson Garrett (1812–1893) and Louise Dunnell (1813–1903), was born in Whitechapel, London on 9th June 1836. Elizabeth’s father had… READ MORE
It’s the question every Londoner should know the answer to – what number bus route runs from Tower Hill, via… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
A passionate baseball fan blog celebrating America's favorite pastime.
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