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On 5 August 1872, Christopher Rafferty shot two Chicago police officers in Mrs O’Brien’s Bar. All involved in the crime were of Irish birth or descent. Rafferty had 3 trials – being found guilty of murder each time – and he had become a celebrity of sorts by the time he was executed in 1874.
The beach huts at Ventnor are cut down bathing machines, operated by the Blake family which first providing changing accommodation for visitors in 1857.
This is one of the most important sites for Shiʿi Muslims in Kabul, said to mark the spot where the Prophet’s cloak spent a night while being taken south to Kandahar.
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This viewpoint – an epic two-parter on the Barbican Redevelopment Scheme – tells the story of the making of the modern office building and how plastic laminates revolutionised the design and construction of the building type. In particular, how curtain-walling systems enabled the open-plan offices of today.
The Upper Cut Club in Forest Gate embodied the cockney spirit in its 1960s heyday. Owned by a local prize-fighter, the club drew high profile celebrities and underworld figures. The club’s brief run introduced African American acts including Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, and Nina Simone to East London youth. It is believed that Hendrix wrote the iconic ‘Purple Haze’ backstage.
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