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Suffragette mustard tin bomb

Kevin Moran

City of London Corporation

City of London Corporation
London, United Kingdom

The suffragettes became famous for protest, chaining themselves to railings, setting fire to post boxes, smashing windows and detonating bombs. From 1912 to 1914, a series of arson attacks and bomb explosions happened across the country. Hundreds of letter boxes were set alight across the City of London by tipping in burning acids and liquids. Shop windows were smashed, telephone lines were cut, and graffiti and posters were placed on any free space. The mustard tin bomb displayed at the City of London Police Museum is a home-made bomb left under the Bishops Chair in St Paul’s Cathedral, the year before the Westminster Abbey bomb. The evidence suggests it was made by suffragettes.

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  • Title: Suffragette mustard tin bomb
  • Creator: Kevin Moran, Kevin Moran
City of London Corporation

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