Hackney People's Press: Centerprise Fire Attack

Object

Newspaper

Production date

September 1977

Object number

2026.15

Physical Description

Hackney People's Press newspaper (Centerprise Fire Attack) September 1977 No. 26

Object history

September 1977 issue of the Hackney People's Press. The headline story for this issue is 'Centerprise Fire Attack', which describes an act of arson on the Centerprise bookshop in Kingsland High Street that took place on the 15th of August. The story claims this was a politically and racially motivated attack on the bookshop, mentioning similar acts of violence on other establishments by right wing extremists at the time.

Associated Organisation

Hackney People's Press (Publisher)

Associated Place

Hackney (Place)

Material

Paper

Dimension

Height (Cover): 302mm
Width (Cover): 215mm