One day before the anniversary of the Cable Street battle Mosley's Fascists, now banned from the East End and prevented from wearing uniforms, attempted to march through Bermondsey. 20,000 people gathered to oppose them, erected barricades and serious fighting broke out. Our picture is of the fighting in Long Lane. Our thanks to Jamie Davis for this contemporary newspaper report.
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Anti-fascists in Bermondsey
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Anti-fascists
In recognition of 20,000 people who gathered nearby on 3rd October 1937 to op...
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Sir James Michael Yorrick Oliver
James Michael Yorrick Oliver was born on 13 July 1940, his birth being registered in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Worthing Registration District, Sussex (now West Sussex). His mother's maiden nam...
Person, Liveries & Guilds, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Edward John Reed, MA
Member of the Joint Co-ordinating Committee in 1982 for opening Tower Bridge to the public.
1 memorial
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
Philip Henry Stanhope was a historian, statesman and a founder of the National Portrait Gallery.
1 memorial
Councillor Mary Kathleen Neuner
Mayor of Haringey 1990-1 and 2001-2. Labour councillor 1986 -2002. Honoured with the Freedom of the Borough in 2003. As Mary Kathleen Morfill she married Frederick Neuner (1919-1995) in the 1st qu...
1 memorial
Councillor R. Fielder
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. Our image comes from Wikipedia's photo captioned 'First West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7'. This 'Councillor R. Fielder' is p...
1 memorial
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Sir Christopher Wren
Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London. Designer of 54 London churches, of which 13 were destroyed in the Blitz. Part of one of his churches, St Antholin, has ended up in an unexpected location...
38 memorials
The Mousetrap
The world's longest running play - still going in 2013. Written by Agatha Christie who gave the rights to her grandson. We've heard the butler did it.
2 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Jacob Epstein
Sculptor and painter, renowned for producing controversial works of art that challenged the taboos of his time. Born New York City and arrived in London, via Paris, in 1905. 1909 - 1914 had a studi...
10 memorials
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