What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: "Give us our eleven days!" 1752 During the national riots about the calendar switch, only in Hull were the public cries actually about the fear of losing 11 days of the Hull Fair Recorded plaque organisation: Alternative Heritage.
The plaque commemorates protests in Hull against the Calendar Act of 1752, where locals feared a loss of eleven days from the Hull Fair due to the calendar change from Julian to Gregorian.
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