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
The large aluminium sculpture "Winged Figure" on the side of the building is by Barbara Hepworth. See Ornamental Passions for commentary ...
This plaque is on the last but one southern pier of the southern building.
The Montagu Pyke This is the site of the former 'Marquee Club' which closed in 1995, originally built as a cinema in 1911 by Montagu Pyke...
The plaque does not appear on the latest Google Street View (March 2019) so would have been erected after then.
The plaques are just inside the entrance to the museum.
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