https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/05/26/the-london-riot-map/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 27 May 2018 20:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/05/26/the-london-riot-map/#comment-1210414 Sun, 27 May 2018 20:00:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=166494#comment-1210414 Perhaps the Peasants Revolt of 1381 could be included. I Believe there used to be a memorial to it at the base of the tall block of flats in Harpley Square that face onto Massingham Street.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/05/26/the-london-riot-map/#comment-1210242 Sat, 26 May 2018 09:40:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=166494#comment-1210242 My cousin was injured at the Broadwater Farm riot in 1985. He was a Police Constable from the same duty as Keith Blakelock, who was brutally butchered and almost beheaded by a frenzied mob armed with machetes, knives and swords. All he had was a wooded truncheon.
My cousin suffered a broken nose and broken ribs after he was knocked over and kicked like a football by another mob. Fortunately he was rescued by his colleagues, otherwise he may well have been murdered too.
It was a shameful day when students protesting about the raising of fees in 2010 were beaten and kettled for hours by a huge contingent of police. It is a dangerous day when the police are deployed as a paramilitary force by the government for such purposes.
The history of riots and protest in London is long and sometimes bloody.
Adam’s maps are brilliant.

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