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
We've not seen wet slate plaques look so bad before. Perhaps this is some slate-imitation, which can't cope with rain.
Marcus Stone, 1840 - 1921, artist, lived here, 1877 - 1921. English Heritage
The plaque is very similar in style to these erected by the City of London, (example) but the erectors are staying anonymous.
This plaque was dedicated in the Silver Jubilee Year of Her Reign. To Her Majesty, The Queen, who was born here on April 21st 1926. {In...
In 2021 Robert Turner sent us photos of a postcard showing a war memorial at the Chalk Farm bus garage. This had been found by his friend...
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