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Riots

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Articles collected for an anthology, 1949-69

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 2/2/2
Scope and Contents

Comprising: "Small Man, Big World", 1949; "Fifty Million Unemployed", 1952; "The Chipped White Cups of Dover", 1960; "The Next Step for Comprehensives", 1965; "The Next 17,000 Tides", 1967; "Cities in Riot in the United States", 1968; and "Why Our Susan?", 1969.

 Fonds

Henry Law: vindication of his conduct in Ely and Littleport Riots, 1816.

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4492
Scope and Contents

Copies by the Revd Henry Law of letters justifying his part in events surrounding the riots at Littleport. Includes letters sent and received: Peploe Ward to Law, John Vachell to Law, Sir Henry Bate Dudley and Law, Viscount Sidmouth (Home Secretary) to William Plumer, Law and Viscount Sidmouth.

Dates: 1816
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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National Front Enquiry on Red Lion Square, 1974-06 - 1974-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 2/34
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on the Scarman Inquiry into a riot in Red Lion Square [London] following simultaneous meetings and demonstrations by Liberation [earlier the Movement for Colonial Freedom] and the National Front. Includes: letter from Sydney Bidwell, Chairman of the London Area Council, asking AFB to clarify his remarks about the riot for the Inquiry; copy of AFB's statement to the Inquiry, as President of Liberation; evidence from the Inquiry; letter and press statement from Peter...
Dates: 1974-06 - 1974-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"The disturbances of 1981", 1977 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRKR 4
Scope and Contents

Kenneth Parker's detailed analysis of the riots of 1981 (especially Brixton, London and Toxteth, Liverpool). Also includes correspondence with Jennifer Hart.

Dates: 1977 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.