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A Forest of Flags: Sandwich's 1880 election

Event Location: Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent, CT139AH
£5.00
Free for members. £5 for non-members.
Thursday 13th November 2025
7:00pm – 8:00pm
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A Forest of Flags: the scandalous Sandwich by-election of 1880

Local playwright and historian Pat Wilson will reveal the skullduggery behind a by-election that provoked a parliamentary enquiry. Learn why Sandwich was centre stage in politics for all the wrong reasons in 1880. You may want to see if your ancestors were bribed by referring to https://afof.uk/

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