St Pancras Rent Strike - Fifty Years On
Fifty Years ago, in September 1960, Camden Council tenants went on strike against unfair rent rises. On 22nd September, 1960 bailiffs evicted families who refused to pay the increase and were met with so much unrest that the Public Order Act was invoked. Forty five years after the strike, three people closely involved with those events, Edie Cook, her daughter Lorraine and Peter Richards talked with John Cowley about that day and the impact it made on subsequent events as well as how it affected their lives.
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What On: Beginning Saturday 16th October 2010
Marian, Martina and Tosh bring news of Roisin Conaty at the Etcetera Theatre tonight and a meeting on London’s Housing Crisis at the House of Commons on Monday evening. Also at the Etcetera Theatre on Monday 18th is ‘Walking The Wall: Extreme Rambling’ which charts a walk along the Israeli Separation Barrier. From Tuesday to Saturday, ‘Nina and Shaz’, which connects Nina Simone with today’s London, is on at the Drill Hall. On Wednesday, there is a demonstration against public sector cuts and on Thursday, don’t miss ‘Folk and Roots in the Cellar’ in St Pancras Way
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