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
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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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Wanstead District Urban Council
Merged with Woodford Urban District Council in 1934.  Merged with Ilford and in 1963 became the London Borough of Redbridge.
1 memorial
Karl Marx
Born Trier, Germany (then Prussia). Died Maitland Park Road, Hampstead. Â Lived briefly in Brussels. From the Institute for Fiscal Studies: "Marx lived for a time after arriving in London in 1849 a...
Person, Philosophy, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Germany
6 memorials
Henry Sylvester Williams
Anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. Â Born Trinidad. Â After the USA he arrived in London in 1896 to study. Â Qualified in law. Â Elected in 1906 for Church Street Ward, the first Black councillo...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Andre Shervington
Following Claudia Jones’ indoor carnival, community activists working with the London Free School, Rhaune Laslett and her husband Jim, and Andre Shervington and his wife Barbara, organised a street...
1 memorial
Corporation of the City of London
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
189 memorials
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