Talk:Merry Gang

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Did you know... that members of the aristocratic Merry Gang during the Stuart Restoration fought watchmen and destroyed a valuable royal sundial (pictured)?

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 17:46, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The sundial

... that members of the aristocratic Merry Gang in the Stuart Restoration era fought watchmen and destroyed a valuable Royal sundial (pictured)? Source: [Rochester], Henry Savile and others destroyed the priceless sundial in the Whitehall Pricy Gardens and the following year Rochester, together with Etherege and one Captain Downs was involved in a brawl with the Epsom watch which left Downs dead" from: Tilmouth, Christopher (11 November 2010). Passion's Triumph over Reason: A History of the Moral Imagination from Spenser to Rochester. OUP Oxford. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-19-161560-3.
- ALT1: ... that the aim of the Merry Gang of aristocratic courtiers in the Stuart Restoration era was to halt "the strange decay of manly parts since the days of dear Harry the Second"? Source: "sought to halt what they saw as 'the strange decay of manly parts since the days of dear Harry the Second'" from: Kent, Susan Kingsley (4 January 2002). Gender and Power in Britain 1640-1990. Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-134-75512-7.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Blackburne

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:34, 4 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Merry Gang; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Reviewing... new enough, long enough, Earwig's copyvio 0%. Article reads well, interesting hooks. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 13:22, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

... Hook is interesting and in article followed by inline citation to book containing hook fact. QPQ provided. AGF that the clear free image is the correct sundial. Rest of article looks fine on random checks. Interesting read overall. Please check I haven't messed the references I adjusted. Whispyhistory (talk) 04:01, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]