Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
The Battle of Cable Street
The people of East London rallied to Cable Street on the 4th October 1936 and forced back the march of the fascist Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts through the streets of the East End.
"They shall not pass"
The red colour of this plaque is, we're sure, chosen on purely aesthetic grounds.
E1, Dock Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Battle of Cable Street - Dock Street
Mosley planned to march thousands of his British Union of Fascists through th...
Politician and Fascist leader. Born at 47 Hill Street, Mayfair, into landed g...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Battle of Cable Street - Dock Street
Dame Margaret Rutherford, 1892 - 1972, actress, lived here, 1895 - 1920. English Heritage
The Richmond plaque can be seen in our photo, between the lamppost and the two blackboards.
The wall in the photo is the remains of the front wall of the hospital building. Compare it with the picture of that building - you can ...
The first synagogue in present day London Borough of Hackney, built 1779 - 80 (5539 - 5540), stood to the rear of this building in the gr...
Laid into the ground on the west side of the war memorial. It's off-centre which suggests more plaques may be planned.
This pair of lions have an interesting history - closely connected to the HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Company Limited) head offi...
Newspaper owner. He and his brother Alfred, later Lord Northcliffe, developed the London Daily Mail and Daily Mirror. Born Hampstead. During the lead up to WW2 he was a strong supporter of Oswald M...
The south side is the most weathered and sullied by traffic fumes which explains the poor condition of the marble statue of Queen Victori...
This stone was laid by Lady Kortright, 5 August 1896 and the hospital opened by HRH Princess Louise, 21 July 1897.
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