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Tag: Match Girls

On the side of the gatehouse in Fairfield Road there is the inscription EX LUCE LUCELLUM. It means "out of light a little profit" which was to be the motto on the tax stamp stuck to each box of matches.

The Match Tax Protest of 1871

21st April 2021 Alan T Campaigns, History, News in and around Bow

On Saturday 24th April 2021 The Matchgirls Memorial will be marking 150 years since the Match Tax Protest of 1871. Bryant and May workers along with the owners of the factory in Fairfield Road Bow,

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Great-Grand Daughter of 1888 Match Strike Talk This Thurs

20th March 2019 Alan T Events near Bow, E3, History, News in and around Bow

Thurs 21st March 6.30pm at Bancroft Rd. Archives. Hear Sam Johnson, the great-grand daughter of 1888 Match Strike Leader talk. See the flyers below. No booking required, just turn up. The event is at Tower

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