Some leaflets and other materials from Lambeth Against the Poll Tax
Lambeth defies the Poll Tax
Leaflets from Lambeth Against the Poll Tax
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Lambeth NALGO against the Poll Tax
Some NALGO posters from the 1980s as part of the anti poll tax campaign Continue reading “Lambeth NALGO against the Poll Tax”
Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners at Lambeth Town Hall (1985)
Ray Goodspeed recounts the fundriasing meeting held at Lambeth Town Hall in support of the Miners’ strike
“Look at me in my dapper 1980s style chairing a very successful LGSM public meeting in Lambeth Town Hall in January 1985, with Stuart Holland, the left Labour MP for Vauxhall, and Ali Thomas, a miner from Dulais. I said when introducing the meeting – and I absolutely meant it – that I had never been so proud to be gay or so proud to be working class as I was at that time. Solidarity!”
From Capital Gay 25th January 1985
Larkhall Playgound protestors occupy Amenities Committee of Lambeth Council 1987
Linda Bellos, then leader of the Council, is at the front turning and debating with a protester. The protest was in response to cuts proposals for the 1988 budget
121 Railton Road – anarchist centre
For nearly 20 years, 121 Railton Road was occupied by a collective of anarchists. The 121 Railton Road squat became a round the clock organising centre, complete with book shop, cafe and disco. Continue reading “121 Railton Road – anarchist centre”
Anti-Poll tax union – Ashmole Estate
Some fine membership cards from the Anti-Poll Tax Union on the Ashmole Estate
Solidarity with the miners strike from Lambeth
Accounts of Lambeth’s efforts for solidarity with the miners strike Continue reading “Solidarity with the miners strike from Lambeth”
Lambeth and the Gulf War [1991]
Solidarity with the miners rally 1985
Council leader Ted Knight, Tony Benn MP and Jeremy Corbyn MP, speaking at a rally during the miners’ strike, held at Brixton Town Hall, 1985
Nuclear Dawn
The Nuclear Dawn mural. Painted on the side of Carlton Mansions by Brian Barnes, Dale McCrea and people who lived in the building. Barnes painted a vision of nuclear death astride London, a mushroom cloud in the background, whilst politicians such as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Regan are safe in a bunker. A dove becomes the CND peace symbol. Finished in 1981 the mural was part funded by Lambeth Council as part of its ongoing effort to highlight the danger of Mutually Assured Destruction in the event of a nuclear war.
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