Follow-up on Newington Green radical history walk & maps

(From Past Tense)

Thanks to all those who came on Sunday's Newington Green radical history walk, organised by past tense and other friends in North London... 50 or so people came, and although the walk lasted some 3 hours, most stayed to the end! Those who came were treated to a fun ramble through local radicalism, pioneer feminism, squatting, anarchy and nakedness and al fresco sex by the New River... (not literally, that last, though there have been some requests for re-enactments on our walks).

We hope to write the walk up for others to peruse when we get a chance... And we will definitely do it again.

In the meantime, for folks that weren't able to come, we produced an A3 map for the walk, covering some of the history we talked about... We are selling it for £1, (plus £1 P&P) - after we cover our costs, proceeds will be donated to the Mary On the Green campaign, who are raising money to erect a statue of Mary Wollstonecraft, groundbreaking feminist, who once ran a school in Newington Green. Unlike many others, there is very little public commemoration of Mary, perhaps because she was a revolutionary, who linked women's equality with fundamental social change and the abolition of inherited property, who made a political decision to live unmarried with her lovers, and had a child 'out of wedlock'...

maps can be obtained from us, via our website: http://past-tense.org.uk/

or by post, from
past tense,
56a Infoshop
56 Crampton St,
London, SE17 3AE

enclosing a cheque payable to Past Tense Publications

The Mary On the Green Campaign can be found at:

http://www.maryonthegreen.org/

Past Tense is now on Facebook

Past Tense has entered the early 21st century and launched a facebook page.

It's early doors as yet obviously, but you can check us out at:
http://www.facebook.com/pasttensehistories

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