Working-Class Radicalism in Forest Hill, Sydenham and Catford: A Pub Crawl Map

"In the spirit of movements such as History Workshop and “Dig Where You Stand”, I’ve been conducting a larger independent research project into the working-class history of the area, to further understand the conditions and struggles that have made the area I live in what it is today, and may inform our future struggles. It is, however, also in part a reclamation of the area as a site of class struggle. Often, perhaps wrongly, seen as a residential suburb, it is easy to overlook the area as one of class struggle. But workers’ exist everywhere, and every area has been formed and reformed throughout history through their struggles. As the details of this walk will tell, the working-class of this part of south-east London made their mark not just on their own area, but also on the wider city, and indeed country."

Double-sided A3 Map | Covering the radical history of Forest Hill, Sydenham and Catford's pubs | Designed & published by Dullaguhr Press | South London | Coming Oct 2025

Full text and print-at-home map also available online: https://armitageshanks.substack.com/p/working-class-radicalism-in-forest