The Siege of Sidney Street: Terror on London's Streets

Jef Page presents on how anarchists and revolutionaries opposed to Tsarist Russia brought their conflict to London's streets. Covers a 1909 robbery attempt in Tottenham that left two people dead, and the 1910 Houndsditch jewellers' burglary in which three police officers were killed, before concluding with the Sidney Street siege in Stepney where the gang members were cornered. A Walthamstow Historical Society talk held at St Saviour's Church, Markhouse Road.