They both witnessed armed riots started by US military personnel. In Bamber Bridge they objected that the pubs were serving black American soldiers without any form of separation and it all blew up with shots fired between different factions of the American army. As far as I know the riot of Brisbane pitted American military personnel against Australian servicemen and civilians (hopefully the Aussies gave them a licking though you can fill us in on that BB.
We drove through Bamber Bridge on Friday on our way to Blackpool. That's it. Thought I would mention it.
That's near enough - both places witnessed race-related fighting between US troops. The Brisbane riots were actually a few months before the 1942 Battle of Brisbane which saw Aussie & US troops fighting in the streets - for ten nights in March 1942 black and white US troops fought each in the city centre - the whites objecting to the fact that black troops were allowed in the dance halls and to walk the streets with white girls. The authorities eventually stepped in and segregated the two sides using the Brisbane River as the dividing line. It didn't work too well though - black troops were given the area South of the river, with no access to the city night clubs - which caused further rioting. Over to you.
All yours Frenchie. All taken from the G.K. Chesterton novel ''The Napoleon of Notting Hill''. I must say I find the idea of a randomly chosen King an interesting one !
Which UK Foreign Secretary only did the job for twelve weeks and was reported to have hated every minute of it?
