Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Wood Green Riot 45 Years ago this month
On 7th July, 45 years ago Britain's cities were hit with rioting. The "Soaraway Sun" published the following piece about a riot in Wood Green.
(The attached images were run through an AI engine to try and improve the legibility of the text. Oddly some engines struggle with text in images. So I've added the original images as attachments below)
A little more about the riot here on HoL.
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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Walker
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Remember seeing a TV news clip of a rioter/looter trying on a pair of looted trainers, found they didn't fit, threw them back and nicked another pair instead!
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Funnily enough they never loot the book shops.
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Well if yesterday's scenes in Cueta are any indication we might have to start getting used to that sort of thing.
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