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A red plaque in Dock Street (just south of the Royal Mint Street, Leman Street, Cable Street, Dock Street junction) also commemorates the confrontation. [ 43 ] Numerous events were planned in East London for the battle's 75th anniversary in October 2011, including music [ 44 ] and a march, [ 45 ] and the mural was restored.
The Cable Street Mural is a large mural painting in Shadwell in East London. It was painted on the side of St George's Town Hall by Dave Binnington, Paul Butler, Ray Walker and Desmond Rochfort between 1979 and 1983 to commemorate the Battle of Cable Street in 1936. The original design was by Dave Binnington.
Red plaque in Dock Street commemorating the Battle of Cable Street. On 4 October 1936 a violent confrontation between the Metropolitan Police and local communities on the street was later named the ' Battle of Cable Street '.
The widespread use of the slogan originates from the 1916 Battle of Verdun in the First World War when French Army General Robert Nivelle urged his troops not to let the enemy pass. [2] The simplified slogan of "they shall not pass" appeared on French war propaganda posters, most notably by French artist Maurice Neumont in the last year of the ...
Plaque commemorating the Battle of Cable Street In October 1936, Mosley and the BUF tried to march through an area with a high proportion of Jewish residents. Violence, now called the Battle of Cable Street , resulted between protesters trying to block the march and police trying to force it through.
Edvard Benes blue plaque, 26 Gwendolen Avenue, Putney This list of blue plaques is an annotated list of people or events in the United Kingdom that have been commemorated by blue plaques. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly visible locations on buildings to commemorate either a famous person who lived or worked in the building (or site) or an event that occurred ...
Red commemorative plaque in Dock Street. 1936: The Battle of Cable Street saw rioting against the Metropolitan Police as they attempted to facilitate a march by the British Union of Fascists; 1958: Notting Hill race riots between White British and West Indian immigrants.
Plaque commemorating the Battle of Cable Street. Kenton was born in Stepney, east London to a Jewish Ukrainian family who had escaped from Tsarist pogroms. [1] His father died from tuberculosis when he was young. Kenton left school aged 14 and started work in a paper factory.