It pitted church vs church, & mayor vs council. Read on...1/
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The Mayor of Basingstoke, however was a brewer, owned several pubs and had little time for these “God-fearing, do-gooders”. 5/
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Most of the council’s constables walked off the job - and indeed some swapped sides to the Massagainians. 9/
In a nice twist the pro-temperance councillors had to take refuge in the mayor’s brewery behind locked gates for safety. 10/
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