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Exeter Bread Riots 1854 – What the newspapers said
This is the first of my postings about the Exeter Bread Riots. The following is transcribed from Jan 12th 1854 Exeter Flying Post Riot at Exeter A serious disturbance took place in this city on Monday. At about three o’clock in the afternoon a number of persons, consisting principally of women and children, but also comprising a great many men of that degraded class who have the credit, perhaps deservedly, or always being “up for a breach of the … Read entire article »
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Exeter Bread Riots 1854
One of the best things about being a writer is you get to do lots of research. Of course you can get carried away doing too much! On one such occasion I got very into looking into the history of Victorian Exeter (I live near Exeter so I am very interested in the city). Exeter has a rich and varied history but Victorian Exeter are some very interesting aspects to it. During the Victorian period Exeter … Read entire article »
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