Given all the talk of the riots, and I have to say numerous mentions of the earlier unrest, termed the Gordon Riots of 1780, it seems only fitting to mention Charles Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge, set as it was during that riotous period. So here is a picture by BOZ from the Philadelphia Edition.… Read the full article
Tag: London Riots 2011
Riots, not new, always a worry!
Gordon Riots 1780
Two interesting letters from the period.
Lincoln Inn Fields, London, June 3rd 1780 – Least my dear friends at Peel should be under any apprehension for us, on account of this mob, I will write to day to tell you we neither suffered fright nor danger by it, though they were very noisy all night, and there still is a continual crowd about the Sardinian Ambassador’s.… Read the full article