tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post6019151398461286167..comments2024-03-18T08:20:19.461+00:00Comments on Transpontine: Harry Quelch (1858-1913), Nunhead SocialistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-36714949563083987212010-04-12T18:50:05.859+00:002010-04-12T18:50:05.859+00:00Re Harry Quelch Memorial I am Harry Quelch,s great...Re Harry Quelch Memorial I am Harry Quelch,s great great great grandaughter, my father visited camberwell cemetary a few years ago and was told his memorial had been distroyed, RichardA comments in April 2008 that he saw it and "it is in a fine" condotion can anyone give me any imformation as to where it can be found? NUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11789027558335121827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-62564353671431984182008-04-11T13:26:00.000+00:002008-04-11T13:26:00.000+00:00Harry Quelch was the editor of "Justice" which was...Harry Quelch was the editor of "Justice" which was published and printed on the top floor of a house in Clerkenwell Green, (Now the Marx memorial library) here he gave over half of his small office space to V I Lenin who led the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, in order to publish Iskra the Russian revolutionary paper. Harry also let Lenin borrow his British Library ticket so he could use it to gain access to the reading room. Lenin never forgot Quelch's friendship and wrote an obituary to him in Iskra after his death.<BR/>Harry Quelch's memorial still stands in Camberwell Old cemetery and is in fine condition.RichardAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365324500593397051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-54233167284565227742008-04-05T08:53:00.000+00:002008-04-05T08:53:00.000+00:00Well if we had been card carrying members of the A...Well if we had been card carrying members of the Amalgamated Musicians Union maybe we would have done a better job..https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-34966848362810523212008-04-04T21:27:00.000+00:002008-04-04T21:27:00.000+00:00If the singing was as bad as our rather feeble att...If the singing was as bad as our rather feeble attempt at the Red Flag then he was probably spinning even before being buried!Andrew Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763753671606930383noreply@blogger.com