Share Content Published May 2, 2020 ©barber_Stand_By_The_King Graffiti showing the insignia of the British Union of Fascists on the walls of a building in Aylsham, Norfolk, UK, reading Stand By The King, referring to the 1936 abdication crisis . The BUF political movement enjoyed some popularity in rural East Anglia during the 1930s as it opposed the Queen Anne’s Bounty, a tax that was laid upon farmers by the Church of England. If the farmer refused to pay the tithe the church commissioners would send bailiffs to enforce the debt, removing livestock or farm machinery. BUF members known as Blackshirts and led by Oswald Mosley could be called upon by the landowner to defend the property, by force if necessary. The longevity of the markings is attributed to the fact the are made in bitumen. These images have been digitally retouched agriculture aylsham bailiffs british british union of fascists buf church graffiti norfolk queen queen annes bounty stiffkey tithe tithe wars 1936 abdication crisis annes aylsham bitumen oswald mosley oswald bounty british union of fascists buf edward fascism fascists flash germany graffit king mosley nazi norfolk oswald mosley pitch royalty rural si barber stand by the king uk union viii wallis simpson www.sibarber.co.uk
Share Content Published May 2, 2020 ©barber_Stand_By_The_King Graffiti showing the insignia of the British Union of Fascists on the walls of a building in Aylsham, Norfolk, UK, reading Stand By The King, referring to the 1936 abdication crisis . The BUF political movement enjoyed some popularity in rural East Anglia during the 1930s as it opposed the Queen Anne’s Bounty, a tax that was laid upon farmers by the Church of England. If the farmer refused to pay the tithe the church commissioners would send bailiffs to enforce the debt, removing livestock or farm machinery. BUF members known as Blackshirts and led by Oswald Mosley could be called upon by the landowner to defend the property, by force if necessary. The longevity of the markings is attributed to the fact the are made in bitumen. These images have been digitally retouched agriculture aylsham bailiffs british british union of fascists buf church graffiti norfolk queen queen annes bounty stiffkey tithe tithe wars 1936 abdication crisis annes aylsham bitumen oswald mosley oswald bounty british british union of fascists buf edward fascism fascist fascists flash germany graffit graffiti grafitti king mosley nazi norfolk oswald oswald mosley pitch royalty rural si barber stand by the king uk union viii wallis simpson www.sibarber.co.uk