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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S. Burdett-Coutts
Chairman of Governors of the Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation School in 1924 and still alive and laying plaques in 1953. Nephew to William Burdett-Coutts.
2 memorials
1 memorial
Don Luigi Sturzo
Italian Catholic priest and prominent politician, one of the fathers of the Christian democratic platform. One of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1919, but was forced into exile in 19...
1 memorial
Alderman Robert Hall
Resigned as Alderman on reaching the age of 70, as is traditional.
1 memorial
Henry Armriding
We have found references to Henry Armriding as a member of the Ealing District Council in 1899, 1908 and 1919. He was Mayor of Ealing 1916-17. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, states that Henry Armrid...
1 memorial
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