Some of the Jewish premises in Whitechapel were targeted during the chaotic 1936 Battle of Cable Street. The I Squad, which Oswald Mosley had set up to protect Blackshirt meetings, was assigned marshalling duties during the march.
Sowerbutt persuaded his I Squad section to cordon off and protect Jack Shakes' tailor shop which survived without so much as a broken window. Neither of the two sides swirling across Whitechapel Road screaming abuse at each other, swapping punches and hurling bricks and sticks were prepared to take on Sowerbutt’s fierce cosh and fists. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Lemon-Surrender-1940-ebook/dp/B008USR7FA
Sowerbutt persuaded his I Squad section to cordon off and protect Jack Shakes' tailor shop which survived without so much as a broken window. Neither of the two sides swirling across Whitechapel Road screaming abuse at each other, swapping punches and hurling bricks and sticks were prepared to take on Sowerbutt’s fierce cosh and fists. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Lemon-Surrender-1940-ebook/dp/B008USR7FA
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