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The Hyde Park Diggers was formed by Sid Rawle, so-called King of the Hippies, in 1968. The group held various events in Hyde Park, taking inspiration from radical seventeenth-century movement The Diggers.
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By the spring 1968, the Diggers had at least 200 members. In September 1969, the group joined the occupation of 144 Piccadilly in central London, a run-down 100-room mansion. The group is mentioned in one SDS report from 1968.
Source: John May: obituary, Sid Rawle.