The above report appeared in the Northern Star 3rd January 1852. It was the last year of publication of one of the great working class papers and it had passed from the control of Feargus O’Connor to the paper’s printer.
The report underlines that Boxing Day was marked long before the 1871 Act made it a Bank Holiday.
The event noticed above was held at the Chartist land settlement otherwise known as Heronsgate which is in Rickmansworth north-west London. Many of the Chartist properties are still there, albeit these days expensive housing.
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