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The Battles of Blackfriars Bridge: London Improvement in the Age of Franklin

Print of bridge being built

Thursday April 4th 2019, 6.30pm – 8pm

Dr Perry Gauci,Tutor in Modern History at Lincoln College, Oxford University, will speak about the stormy public debates surrounding the first Blackfriars Bridge, which opened in 1769. The bridge caused deep divisions within the metropolis, but its completion highlighted how Londoners managed to find common cause in pursuit of civic improvement in Franklin’s day.

Tickets are £6 and available on Eventbrite