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
London Borough of Southwark Edward Turner, 1901-1973, engineer and designer of Triumph motorcycles, the Ariel Square Four and the Daimler...
A 'pan artist' plays the traditional West Indian steel drums.
We can add nothing to this tale of 13th century upper crust marriage brokerage.
The VR monogram must refer to the monarch at the time the Bankers Clearing House was first on this site in 1833, Victoria.
The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...
The large lettering runs along the top of the south face of the building.
Architect, teacher and writer. Born Chelsea. Awarded O.B.E. 2002. Died Pembury, Kent
This tree was planted by the Heath and Old Hampstead Society in its Centenary Year in memory of John Carswell (1918 - 1997) former chairm...
This statue was unveiled by Prince Albert in 1858 in Trafalgar Square. It was moved to Kensington Gardens (the first statue erected here)...
