"Town Hall, Birmingham, after the Lloyd George meeting, Dec. 18th 1901": postcard showing the smashed windows of Birmingham Town Hall after a mob attacked an anti-war meeting held there during the Boer War. One man was killed during the Victoria Square riot and David Lloyd George, the key speaker, had to be smuggled out wearing a policeman's uniform to reduce the danger to his life

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