corpus.blog
43,659 blogs · 5,563,491 posts Claim your blog
Back to pasttense.co.uk
Blog · corpus.blog/blogs/pasttense.co.uk/posts

pasttense.co.uk

pasttense.co.uk

2026

“I’ll Still be Dreaming Of You… CROYDON (and NORWOOD)original ↗
6 Sept 2026
The 1926 General Strike in the Elephant & Castle: An online Radical History Walkoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2026
On This Day in London greenspace history, 1871: court ruling protects Tooting Commons against developmentoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2026
Mayday and the Rights of Commonoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
Today in London festive history, 1997: Liverpool dockers and Reclaim the Streets March for Social Justiceoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2026
Spotlight on London murderous policing history, 1999: Roger Sylvester dies after ‘restraint’ by Tottenham policeoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2026

2025

The Battle for Wimbledon Green, 1901-4original ↗
1 Dec 2025
Spotlight on London’s open spaces: St George’s Fieldsoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2025
Surveillance of the anarchist 121 Centre by Special Branch undercover officers, 1981-1999original ↗
27 Oct 2025
This month in radical history: army camps are squatted in South Buckinghamshire, 1946original ↗
23 Sept 2025
On This Day in London Atheistic Communistic History, 1820: Dan Chatterton born, Clerkenwelloriginal ↗
25 Aug 2025
On This Day in London naval history, 1798: Press gangers murder a Wapping workeroriginal ↗
25 Aug 2025
Mass Racist Attacks on migrants – nothing new. A short history of UK race riotsoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2025

2024

Today in London spycops history, 1796: ‘Popgun’ assassination plot frameup defendants acquittedoriginal ↗
11 May 2024
When Hanwell was run by Slaveownersoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2024
Enclosure, the Slave trade, Wealth: from Cirencester Park to the Charborough Estateoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2024
Today in London art history, 2001: William Blake vs GlaxoSmithKlineoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2024

2023

Today in London military history, 1919: ex-soldiers fight police outside Parliamentoriginal ↗
26 May 2023
Today in dole history, 1835: The Chesham Workhouse Riotoriginal ↗
23 May 2023
A Short History of UK Public Order Acts – Coronation Specialoriginal ↗
10 May 2023
This week in London radical history, 1987: benefit claimants occupy Town Halls demanding money during dole office strikeoriginal ↗
5 May 2023
Today in London festive history: the May Fairoriginal ↗
1 May 2023
Today in London murderous policing history, 1994: Kwanzele Siziba dies falling from Hoxton tower blockoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2023
Today in London penal history, 1777: convicts stage mass escape from prison hulk, off Woolwichoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2023
Spotlight on London’s Rebellious Areas: The Southwark Mintoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2023

2022

Shameless Commercial Plug (Blogging a Dead Horse?): Get your Copy of the London Rebel History Calendar 2023original ↗
11 Dec 2022
Today in London open space history, 1801, an attempt to enclose Bedfont Common failsoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2022
Today in London radical history, 1990: Hackney anti-poll tax demonstration erupts into riotingoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2022
Today in London’s herstory, 1685: Anne Arthur flies with the Devil over Deptfordoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2022
Trespass the New River – a radical wander down North London’s longest aqueductoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2022
Today in London smashing herstory, 1912: suffragettes demolish West End windowsoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2022
Today in London policing history, 1990: cops attack striking Bacton Fashions workers, Hackneyoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2022
Today in healthcare history, 1990: Ambulance workers dispute settledoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2022
We remember: The Rotunda, once London’s leading radical meeting spaceoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2022
Virtue Among Equals: Bloomsbury Radical Herstory, (Walk Two)original ↗
6 Feb 2022
A Wander in Bohopia: A Radical History Walk around Bloomsburyoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2022
Today in London radical history, 1792: working class political reformers found the London Corresponding Societyoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2022
Today in London radical history, 1821: A meeting founds an Owenite Community in Clerkenwelloriginal ↗
22 Jan 2022
Today in London policing history, 1983: Colin Roach dies in Stoke Newington Police Stationoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2022

2021

Today in London radical herstory, 1611: thief, performer, libertine, fence Moll Cutpurse arrested, for cross-dressingoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2021
Today in London musical history, 1707: Jack Hall hung for burglary at Tyburn… But he Gets Immortalised in Songoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2021
Housing vs Open Space: The Wanstead Flats campaign of 1946original ↗
11 Dec 2021
A Light Shining in Hanwell: battles for open green space in West Londonoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2021
Today in London’s media history, 1814: Times proprietor John Walter bypasses printers to instroduce new steam-pressoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2021
Stealing the Commons: A Short introduction to Battles for Open Space in Londonoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2021
Wombling Free: #OnThisDay in London green history, 1864: Earl Spencer proposes to enclose Wimbledon Commonoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2021
Today in London’s festive history: traditional day of Charlton Horn Fair, rowdy popular procession & shindigoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2021
Today in London industrial history, 1969: Punfield & Barstow strike endsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2021
Today in London anti-fascist history, 1992: nazi skins meeting for Blood & Honour gig get a pasting from Anti-Fascist Actionoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2021
Today in London riotous history, 1763: sailors protest arrest of ‘disorderly women’, Whitechapeloriginal ↗
6 Sept 2021
Today in London’s anti-fascist history, 1962: Would-be fuhrer Oswald Mosley gets a kicking, Dalstonoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2021
Today in London striking history, 2006: Haringey Dustbin Workers Strike beginsoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2021
Today in London festive history, 1995: Reclaim the Streets party takes over Angel, Islingtonoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2021
Today in London’s radical history, 1549: An Enclosure Riot at Enfieldoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2021
Early this morning in London radical history, 1891: enclosure notices around Ham Common torn downoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2021
This week in UK history, 1981: uprisings and riots all over the countryoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2021
Three days of rioting kick off in Dalston and Stoke Newington, 1981original ↗
3 Jul 2021
Today in London rebellious history, 1381: Barnet folk are still staunch in the Peasants Revoltoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2021
Today in London striking history, 1968: Injection Moulders lock-out begins, Queensburyoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2021
We Remember: John Olday, gay anarchist revolutionary, artist, insurrectionist…original ↗
17 Jun 2021
All This Week: Beating the Boundsoriginal ↗
9 May 2021
A long lost communique from the Situationist Tendency of the Labour Party, 1990original ↗
6 May 2021
Go, Move, Shift: 1000 years of laws against travellers, wanderers & trespassoriginal ↗
3 May 2021
Today in London radical history, 1834: massive demonstration from Islington in support of the Tolpuddle Martyrsoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2021
This is the Real Brixton Challengeoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2021
Brixton 1981: Riots, memory and distanceoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2021
Impossible Classlessness?original ↗
14 Apr 2021
The Impossible Classoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2021
You can’t fool the youths: Paul Gilroy on race & class formation in 1981original ↗
12 Apr 2021
The April 1981 Brixton Riot (2): The Aftermath, and Defence Campaignsoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2021
Brixton before the Riots, part 3: The Brixton Plan & Squattingoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2021
In the Shadow of the SPG: Racist Policing, Resistance & Black Power in 1970s Brixtonoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2021
Changing, Always Changing: Brixton before the Riots, part 1original ↗
8 Apr 2021
A Very Large Ground: enclosure, resistance and disorder on Hounslow Heathoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2021
‘Zone of Transition’: A radical history walk around Spitalfields and Brick Laneoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2021
Today in London industrial history, 1975: Workers occupy Crosfield Electronics, Hollowayoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2021
A Short History of UK Public Order Actsoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2021
Today in London Black herstory, 1979: Organisation for Women of African & Asian Descent hold National Black Women’s Conference, Brixtonoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2021
Reclaiming the Night – Police Attacks Are An old Tradition…original ↗
14 Mar 2021
Today in London riotous history, 1878: crowd tear down enclosure fences, Eelbrook Common, Fulhamoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2021
Spotlight on London’s historical anarchist spaces: Centro Ibericooriginal ↗
5 Mar 2021
Common Land and Squatting in London Fields, Hackney: A Historical Wanderoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2021
The Squatters Estate Agency: Ruff Tuff Creem Pufforiginal ↗
23 Feb 2021
‘Dung, Guts and Blood’: a wander up the lower reaches of London’s Fleet Riveroriginal ↗
19 Feb 2021
Today in London radical history, Ambrose Barker, secularist & anarchist, dies, 1953original ↗
14 Feb 2021
Ken Weller: An Obituaryoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2021
Today in London’s radical history, 1839: the Chartist Convention opensoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2021

2020

Get your copy of the 2021 London Rebel History Calendaroriginal ↗
17 Nov 2020
Today in London’s International history, 1977: North Kensington squatters declare the Independent Republic of Frestoniaoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2020
Today in London’s policing history, 1798: the Wapping Coal Riotoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2020
This week in London radical history, 1831: riots break out as House of Lords reject the Reform Billoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2020
Today in radical herstory, 1899: working class Suffragist Jessie Craigen diesoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2020
Today in London’s military history, 1759: army recruits mutiny on the Savoy barracksoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2020
Today in London striking herstory, 1995: Hillingdon Hospital cleaners strike against casualisationoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2020
Today in London financial history, 1613: North London’s New River opens – the earliest PFI?original ↗
29 Sept 2020
Today in radical history, 1982: a day of action during the Nurses’ Strikeoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2020
All this week in London consumer history, 1800: Bread rioters force the City’s Corn Exchange to closeoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2020
‘Who are the squatters?’ Interviews with 1946 London squattersoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2020
Today in London housing history, 1946: mass squat of Duchess of Bedford House, Kensingtonoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2020
Today in London radical history, 1962: nazi meetings in the East End scattered by anti-fascistsoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2020
Next