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
Frederick Delius, 1862 - 1934, composer, lived here, 1918 - 1919. English HeritageÂ
The vehicle used for the delivery was the Cavell Van, the railway wagon which had previously been used for two ceremonial journeys from D...
From Spitalfields Life: "The Brady Girls’ Club ran from 1920 to 1970. Led by Miriam Moses ... – the Club supported the community during t...
Greater London Council Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher, 1841 - 1920, lived here as First Sea Lord, 1904 - 1910.
{Around the fleur de lys:} Almshouse Association Patron's Award
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