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Tragedy as Jews expelled from England

Tony McMahon6 years ago2 years ago05 mins

This is a curious and terrible story I heard about years ago and found again in an old book on London history dating from the 1870s in my library. The story goes that when King Edward I of England expelled all the Jewish people from his kingdom, one ship captain deliberately murdered a group of…

Priests and prostitutes in Southwark

Tony McMahon8 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Priests and prostitutes seemed to go hand in hand (and more besides) in medieval Southwark as men of the cloth met women of the night

When three thousand people died on London Bridge

Tony McMahon8 years ago2 years ago07 mins

In the year 1212 London Bridge burned down and according to contemporary accounts it may have claimed the lives of over three thousand people

Nude bathing in Victorian London

Gay men living dangerously in London – a history

BBC INTERVIEW – my Jack the Ripper book!

Beer tsunami kills Londoners!

Hoaxes and Pranksters are nothing new!

Jack the Ripper – a woman could have found him!

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Tragedy as Jews expelled from England

Priests and prostitutes in Southwark

When three thousand people died on London Bridge