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As the home of monarchs, parliaments and millions of people, London has a long and sometimes riotous political history

Fetters
N12
Fetters
1200-1700

Prison doors from Newgate Prison
EC1
Prison doors from Newgate Prison
1770-1778

Large lion's head door knocker
SW1
Large lion's head door knocker
1834

Photograph of Olive Wharry
N7
Photograph of Olive Wharry
c.1900

Handbill advertising Women's Social and Political Union meeting
SE4
Handbill advertising Women's Social and Political Union meeting
1909

Telegram
NW8
Telegram
1911

General Strike edition of Hornsey Journal
N8
General Strike edition of Hornsey Journal
1926

Medal; award for faithful service in the Special Constabulary
SE20
Medal; award for faithful service in the Special Constabulary
1926

Graham Rutherford
NW4
Graham Rutherford
c.1935

Stella Emmanuel
W1
Stella Emmanuel
1950

Badge; nuclear free Ealing
W5
Badge; nuclear free Ealing
1980-89

Photograph of a Jewish demonstration by Henry Grant
NW11
Photograph of a Jewish demonstration by Henry Grant
1985

'London Fields East - the Ghetto' by James Mackinnon and Tom Hunter. By permission of the artists.
E8
'London Fields East - the Ghetto' by James Mackinnon and Tom Hunter. By permission of the artists.
1994

M11 protest leaflet
E11
M11 protest leaflet
1999


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