@then_three_more to Today I LearnedEnglish • 14 days agoTiL about the Battle of Cable Streetwww.londonmuseum.org.ukexternal-linkmessage-square7arrow-up190arrow-down12file-text
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Where 50,000+ anti-fascist protestors blocked Oswald Moseley’s 1936 fascist march through East London.
minus-square@ChonkyOwlbearlinkEnglish24•14 days agoIIRC, this was the event where police horses tried to clear the protesters and a mass of children released their marbles beneath the hooves of the horses.
minus-square@then_three_moreOPlinkEnglish1•12 days agoYeah. This isn’t the only time that marbles never have been used against police horses in the UK. I’m not sure if it was one of the first though. Can’t really blame people with events like the Peterloo Massacre in our history.
IIRC, this was the event where police horses tried to clear the protesters and a mass of children released their marbles beneath the hooves of the horses.
Yes, and I love your username
Yeah. This isn’t the only time that marbles never have been used against police horses in the UK. I’m not sure if it was one of the first though.
Can’t really blame people with events like the Peterloo Massacre in our history.