East End Walks

Welcome to East End Walks

tours through radical times and places

East End Walks specialises in organising historical walks of London�s East End � an area in which successive waves of immigrants have helped make London what it is today.

Our walks bring to life the people and places of the East End from the1880s to the 1930s. From the time when Jews arrived in large numbers from Eastern Europe to the time when they united with non-Jewish Eastenders to drive out Oswald Mosley�s British Union of Fascists in the Battle of Cable Street.

Our tour of the "Radical Jewish East End" takes approximately 90 minutes and our "Anti Fascist Footprints" tour takes about two hours. They are suitable for people of all ages from teenagers to pensioners.
"My friends and I all thoroughly enjoyed it. I personally found the experience informative and entertaining as well as deeply moving." (Ben L - Winchester)
�David's knowledge and enthusiasm brought the period to life, reminding me of things I'd forgotten and introducing me to new characters and events in the rich history of East London's anti-fascist struggle. We went away feeling inspired to keep these great traditions of unity and defiance alive� (Steph G - East London)

FIRST 2010 WALK DATES ANNOUNCED - book online today!

The next Radical Jewish East End tours are on Sunday 10th January at 10.45am and Sunday February 28th starting at 11am

The next Anti-Fascist Footprints tours are on Sunday 31 January, and on Sunday March 21st, starting at 11am.

An additional walk called: "Visionaries, Dissenters and Rebels: a walk through Islington's Radical History" will take place at 11am on Saturday March 13th. You can book places on this by emailing david@eastendwalks.com

Find out more about the tours

They are just the right tours for you if you are
� an individual who wants to explore a place with family connections
� an individual who wants to know why the East End is so important in London's history
� a visitor from abroad wanting to discover the story of the East End
� an organisation whose members have links to the East End or a special interest in it
� a school class or a participant in a college or university course, learning about Jewish history or London�s history
� a company wanting to organise an interesting and exciting away-day activity for your employees
It is also the tour to take your friends on to mark a special occasion such as a birthday or anniversary, or to remember someone special.

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� Outreach: Some of the organisations booking tours in 2009 were Friends of the Earth, the Woodcraft Folk, Southampton University, Jewish Music Institute, the RMT union and TINAG festival. Participants in the Guernica 1939-2009 Symposium at Whitechapel Art Gallery were taken on the anti-Fascist Footprints tour. Recent tours have also taken round visitors from Russia, America, Japan, Serbia, Argentina, Germany, France and Italy.

�UNION BREAD: BAGELS, PLATZELS AND CHOLLAH - The Story of the London Jewish Bakers Union, by Larry Wayne has been published. This union was established and based in the East End. This book tells the story of their struggles against the odds to better their conditions. It is available for �6 (plus 75p p&p) from JSG, BM3725, London WC1N 3XX.

"What is great about David's walks is that they place the history and experience of East London's Jewish and working class communities into a context that can be drawn on by today's anti-fascists." (Kevin B - East London)

�Suddenly the East End has a new look to it. Dave is a natural stand-up who knows the East End like the back of his hand � and there�s a curry in Brick Lane at the end. A fabulous evening.� (Clair C - North London)

The tours have been devised by David Rosenberg .