Nov 16, 2010 · Bob Clarke, with his book The Basingstoke Riots – Massagainians v The Salvation Army 1880-1883. AN assortment of men armed with an eclectic collection of musical instruments terrorised a particular group of God-fearing townsfolk back in Victorian Basingstoke.
The most accessible account of the Massagainians and the Basingstoke riots which they instigated between 1880 and 1883 is in Arthur Attwood’s Illustrated History of Basingstoke.[now superseded by The Basingstoke riots; Massagainians v Salvation Army, 1880-1883, by Bob Clarke (Basingstoke Archaeological and Historical Society, 2010) ] He ...
Nov 19, 2008 · Returning to the Basingstoke riots of 1881, these took place over a period of two years and involved The Salvation Army and drunks. It began when the Salvationists decided to make an old silk mill in Brook Street their meeting room in October 1880, and the captain and lieutenant, both women, asked those who were present to have their souls saved.
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Aug 13, 2020 · The diary of George Woodman recorded that on the morning of Sunday 20th March 1881 a mob of 200 people, armed with sticks, gathered in the Market Square in order to attack the Salvation Army procession.
Mar 29, 2020 · Today Basingstoke is mildly embarrassed that riots of 1880-82 are the best known incidents in the town’s long history. Many of the old industries have closed but the town has been made over to exurban satellite of greater London with much of the town’s historic center razed to make room for modern shopping malls.
27 March – in Basingstoke, antagonism between the Salvation Army and supporters of the licensed trade becomes so great that the Riot Act is read and troops are called in to restore order. 31 March – Edward Rudolf founds the 'Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays' (later The Children's Society).
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