{"id":4713,"date":"2026-02-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=4713"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:00:01","slug":"walk-of-socialists-29th-february-1887","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/walk-of-socialists-29th-february-1887\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk of Socialists 28th February 1887"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/popular-unrest-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"Victorian lampoon on Socialist Values 'Yes Gentlemen, these is my principles, no King, no Lords, No Parsons, No Police, No Taxes, No Transportation,  no No'thing.'\" class=\"wp-image-4715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/popular-unrest-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/popular-unrest-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/popular-unrest-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/popular-unrest-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/popular-unrest.jpg 1782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Victorian lampoon on Socialist Values &#8216;Yes Gentlemen, these is my principles, no King, no Lords, No Parsons, No Police, No Taxes, No Transportation,  no No&#8217;thing.&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Walk of Socialists at St. Paul&#8217;s February 28th &amp; London Socialism 1887<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>My French friend went yesterday to St. Paul&#8217;s and saw a large procession of socialists. It is a strange move of the socialists to visit all the Churches. The Archdeacon of London preached to them from:  &#8220;the rich and poor meet together, and the Lord is the maker of them all.&#8221; A noble sermon, they behaved fairly well. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helen G. McKenney, Diary,  1887 (source: A London Year. Compiled by Travis Eldborough and Nick Bennison)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quotation is from the Bible, Proverbs 22, where it sits with a number of other wise sayings. Perhaps, number 16:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8216;<em>One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich\u2014both come to poverty<\/em>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is most likely to stir a Socialist.  I imagine the Archdeacon was also making a point that the Lord made the Rich and the Poor. So there is nothing wrong with being Rich, as long as you are generous to the Poor. Equally, nothing wrong with being Poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bloody Sunday<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s rather lovely to imagine the Walk of Socialists walking around Wren&#8217;s masterpieces in the City of London. However, later in 1887, things turned much worse. The Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League organised a march against Unemployment and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coercion_Act#Ireland\">Irish Coercion Acts<\/a>.  Among the 10 to 30 thousand citizens present were <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Morris\">William Morris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Annie_Besant\">Annie Besant<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Bernard_Shaw\">George Bernard Shaw<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleanor_Marx\">Eleanor Marx<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Police had been trying to prevent the ever-increasing use of Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park as protest venues. So, on November 13th, Bloody Sunday, the Police Commissioner, Charles Warren, ordered a massive police presence. He backed this up with 400 Soldiers. He aimed to prevent the entry to Hyde Park.  Warren was acting as a caretaker until a new Commissioner was in place. He had already resigned following criticism of the failure to find Jack the Ripper.  By the end of the day there were 2 people dead, 100 seriously injured, and 45 arrests, as well as 75 accusations of police brutality. On the other hand there were many police casualties. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/450px-1887BloodySunday.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/450px-1887BloodySunday.jpg 450w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/450px-1887BloodySunday-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Engraving from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Graphic\">The Graphic<\/a><\/em> (published 19 November 1887). Wikipedia describes it as &#8216;depicting a policeman being clubbed by a demonstrator as he wrests a banner from &#8220;a Socialist woman leader, one Mrs. Taylor&#8221;, while other people are covering their heads to protect themselves from raised police batons.&#8217;  Pubic Domain <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Progressive Politics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the Foundation of the Labour Party, progressive politics were in the lukewarm hands of the Liberal Party. This Party developed from the Restoration period Whig Party. Although, the Liberal Party had a radical wing,  it had a reluctance to put forward working-class candidates. In the early 19th Century, much of the agitation was led by a movement called the Chartists. But as their goals became adopted by the main two parties, progressive politics was led by various reform, radical, socialist, marxist and anarchic groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have not been able to find out who led the 1887 Walk of Socialists around the City Churches. However, William Morris&#8217; presence suggests the Socialist League? In 1885, the Socialist League was an offshoot of the Social Democratic Federation. But it was not a harmonious group. Its most famous members were William Morris, and Eleanor Marx. It included Fabians, Christian Socialists and Anarchists. By 1887 it was split ideologically into three main factions, Anarchists, parliamentary orientated Socialists, and anti-parliamentary Socialists. William Morris was the editor of their newspaper, &#8216;the Commonweal&#8217; but he was sacked and replaced by Frank Kitz as the Anarchists took over the organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, without going into a long history of Socialism in London, what happened was that the Socialist groups made very little impact until the Independent Labour Party was set up in Bradford 1893. And in 1900, Keir Hardie, who was already an independent MP in Parliament, set up the Labour Representation Committee in 1900. This was soon renamed the Labour Party. The Independent Labour Party joined, and Labour began to take over control of the working-class vote. It fought for this with the Liberal Party. The Liberal vote, declined after WW1 and Labour was  able to secure minority Governments.  After World War 2 the Labour Party replaced the Liberals as one of the two Political Parties which could win a majority in Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>London &#8216;Soviets&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>London was one of the places where the Party experimented with left wing policies. The East End areas of Poplar, Limehouse and Bermondsey were particularly important. Alfred and Ada Salter were &#8216;typical&#8217; activists. She became the first female Mayor of a London Borough. She was Returning Officer when her husband was elected MP for Bermondsey.  His medical practice gave free medical care for poor people. From this they established a free medical clinic, that was a forerunner to the formation of the National Health Service. The London Councils also led the way in promoting mass council housing and Trade Union reform.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a part of a letter from Alfred to Ada:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>Oh, the cruel wickedness of our society today! To thrust down these people by means of low wages and chronic unemployment into hopeless despair, and then leave them in that condition with no organised or conscious effort to rehabilitate them. What can we do?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cYou and I feel we have the same mission in life\u2026 we are living and working for the same goal- to make the world, and in particular, this corner of the world, happier and holier for our joint lives.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenliddell.co.uk\/2017\/11\/30\/dr-alfred-salter-the-man-who-created-an-nhs-before-the-nhs-was-created\/\">this excellent blog post of Dr Alfred Salter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fenner Brockway said that in his youth Salter was a \u201cSettlement firebrand \u2013 militant Republican, militant Socialist, militant Agnostic, militant Teetotaller, militant Pacifist.\u201d Alfred converted Ada to Socialism and she converted Alfred to Christianity.  They became Quakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7b8483\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7b8483;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rotherhithe_may_22_07-1024x517.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11102 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rotherhithe_may_22_07-1024x517.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rotherhithe_may_22_07-300x152.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rotherhithe_may_22_07-768x388.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rotherhithe_may_22_07-1536x776.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rotherhithe_may_22_07-2048x1035.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/rotherhithe_may_22_07-1320x667.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Statues of Alfred Salter (sitting down) Ada Salter (behind his walking stick) and their only daughter Joyce (leaning against the River wall) who died aged 8 of Scarlet Fever. Garden near the Angel Pub, Rotherhithe. Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Life-long Labour voter<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My Grandma, who was born in Hoxton in 1902, voted for Labour all her life. I&#8217;m pretty sure it was out of class loyalty because I always thought her opinions were more traditional than progressive. But she would never dream of voting anything other than Labour.   For more on Hoxton and revolution, you may want to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november\/\">my post on Hoxton and the Gunpowder plot.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow isn&#8217;t the 29th but if it were you would want to see my post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/leap-day-february-29th\/\">leap year and the Roman Calendar &#8211; February 29th<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1931<\/strong> &#8211; Oswald Moseley formed the New Party which became the British Union of Fascists. He was a promising and economically radical MP for the Labour Party but resigned in frustration with their reluctance to adopt his policies.  And his egotism, led him to the dark side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1975<\/strong> &#8211; An underground train ran into the end wall having failed to stop at the Moorgate terminus. 43 people died and 74 were injured. An inquiry concluded, in the absence of any faults in the train, that it was a driver&#8217;s error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published in February 2024, republished in 2025 The Salters &amp; On This Day added February 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walk of Socialists at St. Paul&#8217;s February 28th &amp; London Socialism 1887 My French friend went yesterday to St. Paul&#8217;s and saw a large procession of socialists. It is a strange move of the socialists to visit all the Churches. 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