Today is the 106th anniversary of the Redruth butter riot of 1920. Let’s disinter it from the graveyard of history. During the first World War, the price of various foodstuffs was controlled by the Government. By 1920, it had been decided to end this control, with milk and butter prices being left to the open […]
Cornwall’s last food riot: the Redruth butter riot of 1920
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