Treasure Hunt Riots
November 28th, 2009
Paul Slade relates the fascinating story of London’s Treasure Hunt Riots:
Thomas Wright, a West London barrister, came home from his Lincoln’s Inn chambers one evening in January 1904 to find a mob of treasure hunters wrecking his front garden. One of them had already dug down to the base of the garden railings and was busy trying to dislodge them to see if a £50 medallion had been buried beneath. Glancing up and down Westbourne Terrace, Wright could see that many of his neighbours’ gardens had been invaded too. This had been going on for four days. [...]
[Via Kevan Davis]
