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Sentimental Saturday. April, 1932: when Britain's two biggest island colonies had had enough, and took to the streets to riot for rights.
It's a bit odd that both riots had involved Queen Streets, ten-ish thousand miles apart.
It's a bit odd that both riots had involved Queen Streets, ten-ish thousand miles apart.
Colonial Building, St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland, 5 April 1932. After the riot, the prime minister's piano was found in a nearby park, giving new meaning to the musical term, 'smash those keys.'
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'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/canada/newfoundland-labrador/colonial-building-items-returns-1.3868176
Is there an impulse for those who live on islands to beat out windows when mad? Probably not. I'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
http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-1932-queen-street-unemployment-riot.html
I believe both countries (NL was a country at the time) wrote ditties and diatribes about the scenes. This one is fun, but doesn'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'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'm not sure what made me think of these events today, but I had to write a note to self and put it somewhere. 
