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City Library Leeds 400

24 Sep 2026

Also on display, held here by Antony Ramm, is a truncheon used by a police constable at the time of the Chartist Riots of 1842, a wave of protest, industrial unrest and strikes sparked by Parliament’s rejection of a petition for social reform.

City Library Leeds 400: Also on display, held here by Antony Ramm, is a truncheon used by a police constable at the time of the Chartist Riots of 1842, a wave of protest, industrial unrest and strikes sparked by Parliament’s rejection of a petition for social reform.
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