tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post6713759275844234417..comments2024-03-18T08:20:19.461+00:00Comments on Transpontine: Wapping Exhibition in New CrossUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-50084696128056176122020-06-06T15:06:35.223+00:002020-06-06T15:06:35.223+00:00When Southwark College teachers union had a long s...When Southwark College teachers union had a long strike in 1997, Christ Church were very supportive and allowed our union to hold nearly all the meetings there. I don't know much about the history but I understand that they have supported many trade unions over the years. (Thanks to St Giles at Camberwell too!)liz kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-88050226922103169472020-04-04T13:32:40.398+00:002020-04-04T13:32:40.398+00:00Sorry, I've only just seen this (April 2020!!)...Sorry, I've only just seen this (April 2020!!)<br />The church used to be, and perhaps still is, I don't know, the industrial mission for the hundreds if not thousands of workplaces along the southern bank of the Thames in this area of north Lambeth and Southwark. In the church itself are panels of stained glass windows depicting the various trades whhich were prominent in the area.<br />Many, many print workers lived in the area as it was just across the river from Fleet Street. The whole area, north and south of the Thames from Southwark and Lambeth, to Fleet Street, Clerkenwell, the Old Street area, and up to Kings Cross was a mass of print shops and companies large and small.<br />The bronze depicts the 1986 Wapping dispute, was commissioned by SOGAT (the union with 4500 members sacked by the comapany)and was made by Ian Walters. Ian was a wonderful sculptor, socialist and internationalist who supported workers in struggle. His most famous work is the large bust of Nelson Mandela next to the side entrance of the Royal Festival Hall on the south bank of the Thames. Less well-known is a statuette of a British International Brigader from the Spanish Civil War. It was also commissioned by SOGAT in the 1980s and donated to the Marx Memorial Library in 2007 where it can be seen today in the memorial garden.<br />AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-45078692593948917022011-10-13T06:11:19.113+00:002011-10-13T06:11:19.113+00:00That's interesting - I wonder why there in par...That's interesting - I wonder why there in particular?.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8650332.post-5104757787426382792011-10-12T20:35:01.320+00:002011-10-12T20:35:01.320+00:00There's a Wapping memorial sculpture at Christ...There's a Wapping memorial sculpture at Christ Church Blackfriars road.<br />http://www.christchurchsouthwark.org.uk/sculpture.htmlADnoreply@blogger.com