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In 1971 teacher, Chris Searle and artist Ron McCormick led a poetry project at Sir John Cass School resulting in Stepney Words a book of the student's poems.

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Stepney Words is now available from Amazon by searching
'Stepney Words III ISBN: 9781366231178' or click on the following link https://t.co/5Wl1dTFO1j

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Account of the events of 1971 and the publication of a small book of #poetry by students at Sir John Cass Secondary School - now reborn as Stepney All Saints School
https://t.co/uEtNG9XV7w
#StepneyWords #schoolkidsstrike @StepneyAS
@QMULsed @poetrylovers @writerlytone #words

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Young poets at Stepney All Saints School meet with their forerunners from #StepneyWords to remember the 1971 publication and the #schoolkidsstrike that caused a national furore #50years ago @StepneyAS #eastend #anniversary @QMULsed @PoetrySociety @writerlytone @BrickLaneBooks

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50yrs after getting the sack for publishing a book of his student's poems, Chris Searle was back at his old school @StepneyAS to unveil a painting by local artist, Dan Jones commemorating the 1971 #schoolkidsstrike #50years #anniversary @QMULsed @PoetrySociety @writerlytone

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Two of the poets, Ramona and Pauline, holding #StepneyWords in the rain - I love this pic.

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On the second day of the #StepneyWords #schoolstrike of 1971 we even marched all the way to Trafalgar Square. And back.

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The #StepneyWords schoolkids' strike in East London happened on this day 50 years ago - the thread below might be of interest to you (and worth a RT?), @LBTHArchives @workingclasslit @_pasttense_ @EnglishRadical @wrkclasshistory

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In the run up to the exhibition "How Green was my Valley" @FfotonWales explore Ron McCormick's 50yr contribution to British photography
https://t.co/lPewmpfaIZ #podcast #photography #welsh #newportmuseum

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Coal mining and Steel making in Wales going into steep decline. A interesting foil to his gritty Whitechapel pictures and only a few years apart

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@TheCraigAustin something for you Craig
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@haroldbarrett @thegentleauthor @EastLDNtweets @VanishedLondon @MuseumofLondon Harold the pictures are nearly 50 years old, which picture? and do you have names for the person/people?

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Homeless and alcoholics on the streets of Whitechapel in the 1970's photographed by Ron McCormick. Not much changed except for the "substance' of choice and more tents.
https://t.co/o9uzP4RcaL #Homeless #London @EastLDNtweets @thegentleauthor @VanishedLondon @MuseumofLondon

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Money saved on police could help the homeless of our great cities
https://t.co/KRfCFgZSbx @our_MoH @SoL_Whitechapel @stefdickers @EastLDNtweets @VanishedLondon @thegentleauthor @theundergroundmap @TheWhitechapel @MuseumofLondon @stefdickers #london #Homeless #whitechapel #stepney

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Whitechapel homeless in the 1970's
https://t.co/KRfCFgZSbx
@our_MoH @SoL_Whitechapel @stefdickers @EastLDNtweets @VanishedLondon @thegentleauthor @londonunder @_TheWhitechapel

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This photo 1973 by Ron McCormick, taken just off the Whitechapel Road - a few hundred yards from @ideastores and the Whitechapel History Fest this weekend. WHITECHAPEL BOYS talk 2:45 pm Friday 26th - Chris Searle & Ron McCormick @SoL_Whitechapel see https://t.co/p9pTjkAKjs

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Chris Searle and Ron McCormick will giving an illustrated talk about "WHITECHAPEL BOYS" at the Whitechapel History Fest this Friday 14:45 at the Idea Store - The story of STEPNEY WORDS to WHITECHAPEL BOY a 48 year creative relationship
@ideastores

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Looking forward to visiting WHITECHAPEL HISTORY FEST this weekend at the Idea Store - close to Whitechapel Tube
https://t.co/6Pc2KoyL3n

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@bonker99 https://t.co/acZqJyGN2J