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1978: May Day Anarchist picnic in Finsbury Park
Found in the wonderful archives of Exploring 20th Century London, a flyer for an anarchist picnic in Finsbury Park. As well as tug of war and Punch and Judy, there was mass football - North London v South London...wonder who won?
The picnic is organised for May Day, International Workers' Day and is "dedicated to all prisoners rotting in the world's jails".
See the flyer here
Did anyone on the site go?
I seem to remember in the late 90s that Finsbury Park still held a May Day festival.
The picnic is organised for May Day, International Workers' Day and is "dedicated to all prisoners rotting in the world's jails".
See the flyer here
Did anyone on the site go?
I seem to remember in the late 90s that Finsbury Park still held a May Day festival.
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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wonder who won?
I wonder if they had floodlights?
I'd just finished my first six months as a tenant on Umfreville Road by Mayday. Even at 32 years younger I wasn't keen on clambering over FP railings in the dark for an anarchic midnight kick-off. -
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Oh those Anarchists, even time itself must submit to their anarchic world view
They clearly hadn't read E F on the topic of High Noon -
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