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Funeral of anti-fascist veteran

Anon | 13.09.2006 19:30 | Anti-racism | London | South Coast

Veteran anti-fascist, anti-capitalist activist Alf Burtman, from Lancing near Worthing in West Sussex, has died at the age of 90.

Alf took part, as a young man, in the Battle of Cable Street in 1936, when anti-fascists physically stopped Oswald Mosley's blackshirts from marching in East London.
He was well known and loved by radicals in the Worthing area and never gave up the political struggle.
His funeral is on Friday September 15 at 10.20am at Worthing Crematorium, off the A24 north of Findon. No flowers, but donations to Cuba Solidarity Fund.

Anon

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Another one gone...

13.09.2006 22:00

Another Cable Street veteran gone. About six months back we had to say goodbye to Alf Goldberg, still a committed and active anti-fascist right up to his death at 89. They made them out of stern stuff in those days. See  http://82.69.12.18/lancasteruafblog/index.php?itemid=129

Ketlan
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fuller obiturary

13.09.2006 20:56

maybe someone who knows him could post a fuller obit.?

chris


Obituary coming

19.09.2006 11:54

I've been asked to put an obituary together for the West Sussex Gazette, who I think got on to him via this site. When I've done that, I'll post something similar here.
I'm his nephew, by the way. My dad was also a Cable Street veteran.
Alf was 91, the youngest but longest lived of his family.

Stuart Boardman