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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 December 2009 00:02
 

Our Local History

Heading up from Royal Mint Street to its junction with Dock Street, on the left side of the road, you will see a plaque on a building commemorating the ‘Battle of Cable Street’. On 4th October 1936, groups of Jews, dockers of all ethnic groups, communists and ex- servicemen successfully prevented the Blackshirt followers of Sir Oswald Mosley (the leader of the British Union of Fascists) from marching into the East End to attack the Jews.

Cross over Dock Street and keep walking straight ahead. The street becomes Cable Street, which gave its name to the infamous battle. Cable Street started as a straight path along which hemp ropes were twisted into ships cables (ie ropes). These supplied the many ships that would anchor in the nearby Pool of London, between London Bridge and Wapping & Rotherhithe. The length of rope needed for the sails on the ships was a mile in length and this is why Cable Street is exactly one mile long. Many other "rope walks" can be seen on later maps, showing how demand for ropes grew as shipping increased.

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How our estate developed

The estate now called St Georges Estate emerged with the acquisition of 2.27 acres of land bounded by The Highway, Cannon Street Road, Cable Street and Crowder Street, in 1961. The Greater London Council initiated the construction of the new estate with a 6-storey block of 69 dwellings later to be named Brockmer House. The relevant drawings can be found at the London Metropolitan Archives, for a PDF copy click here. The original project name was 'Crowder Street' suggesting that the name ‘St Georges Estate’ was adopted at a later date. Up to the late 1960’s St Georges Estate was called Swedenborg Square Site, probably in an attempt to avoid confusion with St Georges-in-the-East Hospital Site, which was an early 1960’s residential development in neighbouring Wapping.

The Housing Committee Report, dated 14 July 1964, states:

“We have approved proposals for the development as part of the Stepney-Poplar comprehensive development of a site, about 2.7 acres in extent, bounded by Cable Street, Betts Street, The Highway and Swedenborg Square. 

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Newsflash

Eastend Homes Leaseholders & Freeholders Association (EEHLFA) first AGM was held on THURSDAY 29th OF APRIL 2010 at THE EAST LONDON TABERNACLE (ELT), BURDETT ROAD, MILE END. The AGM approved the Constitution and the Recognition Agreement and determined a membership fee of £40 and £30 for pensioners. The AGM also elected the executive committee and the committee members.