Images Dated 14th June 2016

Colin Appleyard MBE & Vivian Sherriffs (Norton) 1969 Sidecar TT

Colin Appleyard MBE & Viv (Vivian) Sherriffs (Norton) at Braddan Bridge; 1969 Sidecar TT

1969 Sidecar Tt, Colin Appleyard Mbe, Norton, Vic Sherriffs

West End riots: shops damaged by rioters, 1886

The damage caused by rioters to Messrs T. Goode and Co, a large china ware shop on South Audley Street, during the 1886 West End riots. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square, the people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches, and rioted, causing havoc in the fashionable streets of the West End. Date: 1886

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

West End riots, 1886 - a crowd

A crowd of unemployed men debating ths issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square, the people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches, and rioted, causing havoc in the fashionable streets of the West End. Date: 1886

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans