The New Russell Six-Pounder Product:Postcard Pictured is bass guitarist Adam

Pictured is bass guitarist Adam Clayton

The Beatles with singer Mary Wells

FA Cup semi final match at Villa Park

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The New Russell Six-Pounder Product:Postcard Pictured is bass guitarist Adam'The New Russell Six Pounder', 1860. At the beginning of March 1860, Lord John Russell, Foreign Secretary in Palmerston's Cabinet, introduced a Government proposal for parliamentary reform. It was planned to reduce the borough franchise to 6 which would have the effect of increasing the number of potential voters to an unprecedented 634,000. This was seen as a milestone on the way to Household Suffrage, and from there to Universal Suffrage. This is