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THE ANGRY BRIGADE
On August 20, 1971, six alleged members of the Angry Brigade - at the time Britain's only
home-grown urban terrorist group - were arrested at 359 Amhurst Rd, off Stoke Newington
High Street, along with (according to the police) a small arsenal of weapons and explosives. The
police attempted to link the Angries with the explosives (despite the lack of forensic evidence)
and a total of 25 bomb attacks on the homes of Tory politicians and other members of the
Establishment, during which one person had been slightly injured. After one of the longest
criminal trials in English history, at which two other alleged members were also charged, four of
the accused were sent to prison for conspiracy to cause explosions and four were acquitted.
from Dalston Junction. With two Overground stations, and trains capable of whizzing
you in all directions, Dalston's transport has vastly improved, too.
Kingsland High Street
Kingsland High Street had a history of entertainment long before the current crop of
clubs and bars came along, with four or five cinemas in close proximity. The lone survivor
is the Art Deco Rio Cinema , at no. 107, opened in 1937 as the Dalston Classic, replacing
the 1915 Kingsland Empire, and still going strong. Dalston's other heritage sight is the
Shanghai restaurant, which preserves the 1910 decor of tiles, marble and glass from its
days as an eel and pie shop, founded in 1862 by the ubiquitous Cooke family.
Ridley Road Market
Mon-Thurs 6am-6pm, Fri & Sat 6am-7pm • Dalston Kingsland or Dalston Junction Overground
In the immediate postwar period, Dalston was a predominantly Jewish area, and Ridley
Road Market (Mon-Sat) was the scene of battles between Mosley's fascists and Jewish
ex-servicemen. The market is still in good health, and an accurate reflection of
Dalston's ethnic diversity, with Cockney fruit and veg stalls, halal butchers, a 24-hour
bagel bakery, West Indian grocers and African and Asian fabric shops. A Turkish/
Kurdish supermarket marks the eastern end of the market, its railings still displaying
the Star of David from its original Jewish occupants.
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Stoke Newington
Bus #73 or #476 from ! Angel or Stoke Newington train station from Liverpool St
Stoke Newington (or “Stokey”) is probably the most immediately appealing area of
Hackney, though like much of the borough, it's off the tube map. Stokey's best
attribute is Church Street , a more or less franchise-free, former village high street of
little independent shops and restaurants.
The whole area was, for several centuries, a haven for Nonconformists (Christians
who were not members of the Anglican church), who were denied the right to live in
the City. The most famous Dissenter to live in Stokey was Daniel Defoe , who wrote
Robinson Crusoe on the corner of what is now Defoe Road and Church Street; his
gravestone is displayed in the Hackney Museum - stolen from Bunhill Fields in the
1870s, it was discovered in Southampton in 1940.
Abney Park Cemetery
Stoke Newington High St • Cemetery 8am to dusk Visitor Centre Mon-Fri 10am-4pm • Free • T 020 7275 7557, W abney-park.org.uk •
Stoke Newington train station
When Bunhill Fields (see p.198) became overcrowded, Abney Park Cemetery became
the “Campo Santo of English non-Conformists”, in the words of the 1903 brochure.
The most famous grave is that of William Booth , founder of the Salvation Army (see
p.201), by the Church Street entrance, but the romantically overrun cemetery was
originally planted as an A-Z arboretum, and is now an inner-city wildlife reserve (not
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT CAMDEN HIGH STREET P.287 ; SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE P.308 ; LITTLE VENICE P.281 >
 
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