Cable Street

English

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

Cable Street

1. A road in the East End of London.
2. (history, metonymically) The Battle of Cable Street.
   • 1986, AEU‎^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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.