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sepia tint/muted colour photo of crowd in Victorian costume on Kennington Common 1848 ready to deliver petition for right to vote to Parliament

Commemorate 1848’s Chartist rally on Kennington Common

On 10 April 1848, thousands of Londoners planned to march from Kennington to Parliament to deliver a petition with 2 million signatures asking for the right to vote. The...