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RATE-CAPPING PROTEST RALLY, TOWN HALL, ACRE LANE, BRIXTON

RATE-CAPPING PROTEST RALLY, TOWN HALL, ACRE LANE, BRIXTON

Protesters' support rally for Lambeth Leader Ted Knight outside the Town Hall after a rate-capping meeting within that put local government at odds with central government. Lambeth's refusal to set a rate sparked a political clash between the left and right wings of politics, earning the Lambeth leader the nickname 'Red Ted'.PR Department photograph dated 7th March 1985.
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Ref:12190
Identifier:SP4193/3
Date:1985

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