Picture No | 10475060 |
Date | 4 October 1936 |
Description | Cable Street demonstration 1936 |
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Mounted and foot police hold back part of the crowd that gathered at the junction of Aldgate and Commercial Road to protest against the proposed march by Sir Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists. 7000 Fascists were expected to march. The anti-fascist crowd was estimated at 100,000
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Source | The Sphere 10 October 1936 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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