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urban75 blog...rainy streets, neon signs, disused stations and broken lines... | |
Thursday, March 05, 2009Remembering Twyford Down (M3) road protest![]() It seems like an eternity ago now but at the time it was a mighty important battle against the Tories' mad, mad, mad plans to implement "The biggest road-building programme since the Romans." ![]() In December 1991 Twyford Down became the site of the UK's first road protest camp when environmentalists, including members of Dongas and Earth First! gathered to hinder work. After a year this first camp was evicted on Yellow Wednesday, named after the uniforms of the Group4 security guards who performed the eviction in December 1992. ![]() There was a defiant march by protesters along the completed motorway just before it opened, and it was an incredibly hot day. I've still got a 'do not trespass' sign from the site in my bathroom! Join in the Twyford Down discussion on our bulletin boards. Labels: protest, twyford down Link |
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