Cable Street

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Etymology

Cable Street started as a straight path along which hemp ropes were twisted into ships’ cables (i.e., ropes).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cable Street

  1. A road in the East End of London.
  2. (history, metonymic) The Battle of Cable Street.
    • 1986, AEU‎, Amalgamated Engineering Union, page 30:
      Unlike Spain, Cable Street was a success and proved the turning point in the defeat of Fascism in Britain in that period.
    • 1998, Jewish Culture and History‎, volume I, number 1, Frank Cass in conjunction with the Parkes Centre, University of Southampton, page 96:
      Third, Cable Street was a clear victory for the working-class against fascism, although its success was ensured by the united working-class campaign for better housing, which began with Paragon Mansions.
    • 1999 June 28, Harold Rosen, Are you still circumcised?: East End memories‎, Five Leaves, →ISBN, page 114:
      Cable Street happened, and thousands of ordinary folk did actually stop a fascist march from taking place in an unprecedented manner: the East End was never the same again.
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