Dave Knight: Trade unionist, Os supporter, fighter of wrongs and so much more

Dave is one of the best known people from Leyton in East London who you have probably never heard of. His activities throughout his life have led him to be recognised seemingly almost anywhere he went.

Raised in Leyton, he went to Leyton High School for Boys and made life-long friendships with pals who “bend not break the rules” and typically faced discipline when they turned up to run in the school’s annual cross-country race dressed and behaving as Monty Python Gumbies, falling over when the starting gun fired. They survived as did that daft sense of humour.

That bunch of school pals met a similar bunch from Leyton Girls and Dave fell in love and married his life partner, Anne.

Seeing Mott the Hoople in his early teens triggered a love for rock music, and many would have met him through connections made watching bands at a variety of venues, especially upstairs at The Red Lion, the Rainbow, the Roundhouse and King’s Cross Cinema watching such bands as Stray, Caravan, Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator, Quo, Pink Floyd, Man, Hawkwind, The Pink Fairies and the rest.… Read on ...

WFTC invited Extinction Rebellion (XR) to an Open Forum on July 2nd. Around 35 attended – trade unionists, XR activists, campaigners from Save Our Square, Socialist and Labour Party members, and some just along to find out what’s going on. The meeting started with Samantha Mason of GMB leading the discussion. Then Kevin Wing of XR outlined their plans. After many contributions from the floor we decided to support the call for trade union action on September 20th.

So, WFTC will be doing what we can to encourage workers to pressure unions to call more national action on Sept 20th on the Climate Emergency. Meantime, we will collaborate with XR about local activities in W. Forest for the day itself.

Two Climate Events in Waltham Forest…