Cable Street is a road in the East End of London, England, with several historic landmarks nearby.
It was made famous by the Battle of Cable Street in 1936.
Read more about Cable Street: Location, History, Landmarks, Transport, People, Neighbouring Streets
Famous quotes containing the words cable and/or street:
“To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars.”
—Douglass Cross (b. 1920)
“[I]t forged ahead to become a full-fledged metropolis, with 143 faro games, 30 saloons, 4 banks, 27 produce stores, 3 express offices—and an arena for bull-and-bear fights, which, described by Horace Greeley in the New York Tribune, is said to have given Wall Street its best-known phrases.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)