Tolpuddle King's Cross 175th Commemoration Festival 18 - 25 April 2009

Photos from Raised Voices

Sophie Talbot — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:28:07 +0000

Many thanks to Heidi from the King’s Cross based street choir, Raised Voices, for the following photos:

: Raised Voices perform the Internationale at Caledonian Park to raise our spirits before the march down the Cally Road

Lovely shot of the Clocktower at Caledonian Park at the foot of which the new plaque commemorating the Martyr's now stands

Decendents of the Tolpuddle Martyr's are regulars at the Tolpuddle Festival in Dorset each year. At King's Cross this year they unveiled a brand new banner depicting their family tree.

The mural showing the Martyr's at the Copenhagen St entrance to Edward Square. The mural is threatened with destruction as The Mitre pub on whose wall it it sited is up for sale.

Raised Voices open the festival at Edward Square as marchers stream into the park

TolpuddleKX @ Camden Community Radio

Sophie Talbot — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:33:05 +0000

Click here for the latest broadcast including the brilliant set from Emma Scarr and the Northern Celts.

Photo gallery now online

Sophie Talbot — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:43:56 +0000

Turning into The Cally Rd, by Jess Hurd www.reportdigital.co.uk

Visit the gallery to view the latest pictures of TolpuddleKX 2009. We’ll be adding pictures throughut the next week so do come back to check…

Thankyou thankyou thankyou

Sophie Talbot — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:58:57 +0000

The Caledonian Road in North London came alight this afternoon when over 500 people marched down to the beat of our own Cuban Dance Band. Watch this space next week for photos and reports of comedy night, Raised Voices, film night and the very, very big day starting at Caledonian Park and ending up with the perfect English afternoon out – in the true sense of the mixed race term – at Edward Square today 25 April 2009. We will report in full next week. What a great day.

Tolpuddle hits BBC Radio London

Sophie Talbot — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:47:09 +0000

TolpuddleKX organiser Dick Muskett appeared on BBC radio London’s Robert Elms show on Wednesday to give a good run down of what this week’s festivities are all about. Have a listen here - press play and scroll along to 2.35 – Dick’s on after Rod Stewart!

The battle between Mayor Boris Johnson and the Tolpuddle Martyrs

Sophie Talbot — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:17:37 +0000

Hopefully, someone will write a song about this! Read all about it in The Guardian’s G2 section. Meanwhile rain showers are forecast for Saturday – although of course that is just not going to happen – and your TolpuddleKX organisers are madly hunting down umbrellas to hand out to Saturday’s festival masses!!!

Radical photos

Sophie Talbot — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:56:17 +0000

Plaque commemorating Dadabhai Nanroji, campaigner and Britain's first Asian MP

For more bill photos like this one of the Radical Islington walk that took place on Saturday 18th, click here. Over 60 people came – a fantastic turnout!

Last chance for tickets

Sophie Talbot — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:48:02 +0000

Comedy night starts at 7pm tonight, Cross Kings, York Way just behind King’s Cross Station. To avoid disappointment, get your tickets now – sales stop soon!!!

21 April: Lisa Pontecorvo memorial walk

Sophie Talbot — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:03:50 +0000

Lisa Pontecorvo was a well loved local activist tragically killed earlier this year when a lorry ran into her on a dangerous crossing. The Tolpuddle 1834 demonstration mural on Copenhagen Street has Lisa pictured holding the banner on the right hand side. Her image was very recently added following requests from local people. Lisa would have been the leading light in making TolpuddleKX a community led success and would have worked hard to involve local young people and school children. We miss her terribly.

The walk starts at the P & O site in King’s Cross at 4.30 p.m. The starting point will be where Bravington Walk meets Pentonville Road and we will leave the site at about 5 o’clock, pausing at the entrance to King’s Cross station opposite Wharfdale Road. We will then proceed along Wharfdale Road to admire the shop fronts in Caledonian Road, making our way slowly up Caledonian Road as far as Richmond Avenue and thence into Matilda Street to the Mews and the chimney at 6.15. Finally we will return south to Edward Square arriving at 7 o’clock. This will give time to reach “Comrades” at Islington Green.

The big day

Sophie Talbot — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:58:47 +0000

If you had problems downloading the leaflet with details of events happening on the 25th April, it might be down to our pdf problems – sorry. So, with a new scanned in version we think we’ve corrected that. Have a go at downloading here. And…. see you at comedy night on Monday, make sure you’ve got a ticket by clicking here!

Click on Events above for the updated detailed listings.