I871 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe, proposed a tax on matches. The Bryant and May workers, mainly girls, realised this threatened their jobs and marched in protest on the House of Commons on 24 April 1871. The tax was never imposed. Bryant and May, who must have, at the very least, sanctioned the workers absence during the march, erected a fountain to celebrate.
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Match tax abandoned
Commemorated ati
Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - lost
This elaborate fountain was commissioned by Bryant and May to celebrate the a...
Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - plaque
This plaque is a rarity: a memorial to a memorial! The site of the fountain ...
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Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford
Inventor and adventurer. Born Woburn, Massachusetts. Having spied for the British in America he moved to England in 1776, was knighted by King George III, moved to Germany where he gained the titl...
Person, Politics & Administration, Science, France, Germany, USA
1 memorial
Hugh Gater Jenkins
Politician. Born Blenheim Dairy, Lancaster Road, Enfield. MP for Putney, 1964- 1979. Minister for the Arts, later Baron Jenkins of Putney. Died at Lynde House nursing home, Cambridge Park, Twickenham.
3 memorials
Fawcett Association
Trade union of postal sorting clerks.  Founded by Wallace Cheesman and named after Henry Fawcett. The Women Sorters' Association and the Postal Bagmen's Association affiliated in 1908.  In 1919 it...
1 memorial
Lord Dufferin
Full title: The Most Honourable Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC . Born via Maggio, Florence, Italy, died at home at Helen...
Person, Politics & Administration, Canada, India, Ireland, Syria
1 memorial
Government of Karnataka, India
Karnataka is a region in the south west of India.
1 memorial
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