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Sentimental Saturday. April, 1932: when Britain& #39;s two biggest island colonies had had enough, and took to the streets to riot for rights.
It& #39;s a bit odd that both riots had involved Queen Streets, ten-ish thousand miles apart.
It& #39;s a bit odd that both riots had involved Queen Streets, ten-ish thousand miles apart.
https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/riot-april-05-1932.php">https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/...
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/4xe9xn/remembering-the-time-10000-newfoundlanders-tried-to-kill-their-prime-minister">https://www.vice.com/en_ca/art...
Colonial Building, St. John& #39;s, Dominion of Newfoundland, 5 April 1932. After the riot, the prime minister& #39;s piano was found in a nearby park, giving new meaning to the musical term, & #39;smash those keys.& #39;
It took 84 years and a promise of amnesty, but all regretful folk had an opportunity to return the pieces they pilfered from the prime minister& #39;s premises. How much of the wish to return stuff was as a result of Catholic guilt?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/colonial-building-items-returns-1.3868176">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/colonial-building-items-returns-1.3868176">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
Is there an impulse for those who live on islands to beat out windows when mad? Probably not. I& #39;m sure it is universal, or at least a quirk of this world.
http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-1932-queen-street-unemployment-riot.html">https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/07/t...
http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-1932-queen-street-unemployment-riot.html">https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/07/t...
I believe both countries (NL was a country at the time) wrote ditties and diatribes about the scenes. This one is fun, but doesn& #39;t say much for coalition governments.
Town Hall, Wellington, Dominion of New Zealand, 14 April, 1932. They seem to be a much better dressed crowd than their sister dominion dwellers, on the top side of the world.
Both riots occurred during The Great Depression, and certainly they weren& #39;t the only ones. Much bigger and uglier riots took place elsewhere on the planet, but these might have been the cutest ones, if riots can be called cute.
I& #39;m not sure what made me think of these events today, but I had to write a note to self and put it somewhere. 
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