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The Tannery (now Riverside) - where all the glass (170 panes) was destroyed in Swing Riots on 22 November 1830
Riverside, c1910

The Tannery (now Riverside) - where all the glass (170 panes) was destroyed in Swing Riots on 22 November 1830

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The Tannery (now Riverside) - where all the glass (170 panes) was destroyed in Swing Riots on 22 November 1830
The site of the 1830 Swing Riots at Richard Gibbons' first foundry in Hungerford
16 Bridge Street

The site of the 1830 Swing Riots at Richard Gibbons' first foundry in Hungerford

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The site of the 1830 Swing Riots at Richard Gibbons' first foundry in Hungerford
Swing Riots Sentences
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The love token dedicated from Charles Green to his first wife Sarah in 1830 (from The Australian Daily Telegraph, Feb 2017, kindly sent by Steve Bray, Jan 2018)
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The love token dedicated from Charles Green to his first wife Sarah in 1830 (from The Australian Daily Telegraph, Feb 2017, kindly sent by Steve Bray, Jan 2018)

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The love token dedicated from Charles Green to his first wife Sarah in 1830 (from The Australian Daily Telegraph, Feb 2017, kindly sent by Steve Bray, Jan 2018)
Queen St, Campbelltown in 1879, just five years after the death of Charles Green. (From the Thomson Collection (Campbelltown City Library, Local Studies Collection) printed in The Australian Daily Telegraph, Feb 2017, kindly sent by Steve Bray, Jan 2018)
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Queen St, Campbelltown in 1879, just five years after the death of Charles Green. (From the Thomson Collection (Campbelltown City Library, Local Studies Collection) printed in The Australian Daily Telegraph, Feb 2017, kindly sent by Steve Bray, Jan 2018)

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Queen St, Campbelltown in 1879, just five years after the death of Charles Green. (From the Thomson Collection (Campbelltown City Library, Local Studies Collection) printed in The Australian Daily Telegraph, Feb 2017, kindly sent by Steve Bray, Jan 2018)
Map showing the extent of the Swing Riots
1830 Swing Riots extent

Map showing the extent of the Swing Riots

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Map showing the extent of the Swing Riots
 
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The Canal Wharf, Apr 2011The Canal Wharf, 2011

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