MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: east end walks

This restaurant dates from the 1880s, serving meals to the workers from the nearby area in Farringdon Road. It's now too upmarket for the working class to afford.

Lenin stayed in a house on this site in 1905. The original house was demolished in 1968.

Paul Robeson often came to London, where he found more acceptance of his communist views than in the U.S. In 1959, he was the first black performer to sing at St Paul's Cathedral.

These "coffins" are a memorial to Joseph Grimaldi and his mentor, Charles Dibdin. Called "An Invitation to Dance on the Grave," the memorial is by Henry Krokatsis and was installed in Grimaldi Park in 2010. You can play tunes by stepping on different parts of the coffin. www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/september/joseph-grimaldi-clown-henry-krokatsis

These "coffins" are a memorial to Joseph Grimaldi and his mentor, Charles Dibdin. Called "An Invitation to Dance on the Grave," the memorial is by Henry Krokatsis and was installed in Grimaldi Park in 2010. You can play tunes by stepping on different parts of the coffin. www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/september/joseph-grimaldi-clown-henry-krokatsis

These "coffins" are a memorial to Joseph Grimaldi and his mentor, Charles Dibdin. Called "An Invitation to Dance on the Grave," the memorial is by Henry Krokatsis and was installed in Grimaldi Park in 2010. You can play tunes by stepping on different parts of the coffin. www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/september/joseph-grimaldi-clown-henry-krokatsis

Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), an entertainer who famous for his role as a clown, is buried here in the former St James's Burial Ground, now Joseph Grimald Park, in the Pentonville Rd. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Grimaldi

Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), an entertainer who famous for his role as a clown, is buried here in the former St James's Burial Ground, now Joseph Grimald Park, in the Pentonville Rd. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Grimaldi

The ANC had its London headquarters here in Penton Street. The anti-apartheid movement was very strong in Britain, and provided crucial support to the ANC. South African security police bombed these offices in 1982. africanhistory.about.com/od/apartheid/a/ANC_London.htm

I can't remember what's significant about this location.

The west side of Chapel Market.

Penton Street. It doesn't have anything to do with radical history, but I like the sign and lamp posts.

Risinghill School, a progressive and non-authoritarian ("free") comprehensive school, was here from 1960 to 1965, when it was shut down by the London Board of Education.

A dinner was held at the White Conduit House to celebrate the remission of the sentences passed against the Tolpuddle Martyrs, who had gained massive local support. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs

The street was named in remembrance of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of agricultural labourers who, in 1834, were convicted of swearing to a secret oath and sent off to Australia in punishment. 800,000 people signed a petition for their release, many of them from Islington. The Home Secretary agreed to release them in 1836. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs

The start of a walk with David Rosenberg called Visionaries, Rebels and Dissenters: A walk through Islington’s radical history . David's walks are great -- he knows a ton about radical history. Near this spot, there's a pub where the BNP used to meet in the 1980s. They'd get pissed and then go out into Chapel Market to try to recruit new members for their racist political party. They didn't have much success. Islington has a long history of leftist, anti-racist politics, as I learned on the walk. I doubt UKIP did very well in this borough in the recent election. Thank goodness for Islington.