43: A little bit of France in Redhill, Reigate’s rogue MPs from history… and more

2625.538 - 2645.723 Peter Stewart

Now in those days elections could extend over a week so voters could look forward to several days of free beer and food just by saying yeah I'll vote for you that's not a problem of course I'm going to vote for you yeah where's my pint. It wasn't just the voting which was a little bit dodgy only a few people were eligible to vote in the first place normally through property ownership.