NEW!
A
walk to remember the men who said ‘no’ to fighting in the First
World War
A walk from Finsbury Park to the Salisbury Hotel in Green Lanes, N4,
tells the hidden stories of some of Haringey’s conscientious objectors who said
no to war. The walk takes a route past houses where conscientious objectors
lived, marks meeting places, and points out organisations actively opposed to
war between 1914 and 1918.
All this is set out in a new booklet from Heritage Lottery funded
project ‘Conscientious Objection Remembered’ which includes a map of the walk
route as well as locations in Haringey which link to other aspects of
Haringey’s First World War history.
Along the way you can find the Stroud Green house
where the five Walker brothers lived, all at one time or another arrested,
courtmartialled or given prison sentences, visit the hall where Sylvia
Pankhurst spoke against conscription in February 1916 and reach the end of the
walk at the Salisbury Hotel where protest meetings were held.
The walk covers about two miles in all, and transport
links are close by.
The booklet, which is free, is available from local
libraries in Haringey, from Hornsey
Visit the website for news of guided walks led
by Haringey First World War Peace Forum in the autumn.
To find out more about Haringey’s COs and the
project go to the Conscientious Objection Remembered website at: www.conscientiousobjectionremembered.wordpress.com email:hfwwpf@yahoo.com
(Lottery funded)
Conscientious Objection Remembered
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