Pamphlet on New River history

Hi folks,  

I thought some Harringay residents might be interested in a new publication that covers some local history, around the New River and more...

NEW PUBLICATION FROM PAST TENSE: FREE LIKE CONDUIT WATER 

North London's man-made water supply, the New River, is 400 years old this year... 

Much has been made of its history; but it isn't well known that the New River's creation and 

development is intimately bound up with the growth of capitalism.  

Now radical history publishers Past Tense have just produced a new pamphlet, 'Free Like 

Conduit  Water', an updated and expanded version of our old pamphlet on the New River. 

Author John Tyre discusses the moral economy of water distribution in medieval London, andhow  the New River, in  effect the first Private Finance Initiative, altered this in the interests ofembryonic  capitalism. 

Read how the River became contested between the Company and the people who lived near itsbanks, who subverted it for their own uses...

'Free Like Conduit Water' also includes a long walk down the River's length in London, 

including trespasses where Thames Water won't let you and me go and relates it to the social, 

radical and rebellious history and present of some of the areas it passes through...

from enclosure riots on Enfield Chase,  through squatting on the North Circular, arson and 

rebellion in Tottenham, speakers corners in Finsbury Park, to disorderly open spaces in 

Clerkenwell. 

'Free Like Conduit Water'
A4 pamphlet.
By John Tyre

Available for £5 plus £1.50 P&P from 

past tense, c/o 56a Info Shop, 56 Crampton Street, London SE17 3AE, 

(cheques payable to 'past tense publications'),  or from the publications page on our website: 

www.past-tense.org.uk