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From: "SchNEWS"
To: "SchNEWS Subscribers"
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 18:31:57 +0000
Subject: SchNEWS 165, 1 May 1998 (Part 1 of 2)
CAMPING '98 - Road Camps round-up
Lyminge Forest
Campaigning for the last year against Rank who want to
build a Centre Parks style holiday village in the middle of the forest,
so happy holiday makers can have a nice sheltered holiday in the
(ex-)countryside! A well established camp.
More info, call Merlin on: 0468 945595
Birmingham Northern Relief Road
27 miles of private toll motorway to
campaign against. Excellent local support. The local vicar is going
for the Guinness Book of Records for the longest sermon. According to
an old law, a vicar cannot be interrupted whilst preaching, and so
during the eviction he will be reading the Bible from Genesis to
Revelation as his basic text - the pulpit is presently being constructed
up one of the trees!
Site info: 07970 932224 for directions/details, or
a copy of the campaign newsletter
Nottingham
Contact: 01636 679979 or 0467 317649 for details
as to what's happening
Derby
Anti-Road protest through inner-city green space. Benefit Gigs
- 9th May, Victoria Inn, 7.00pm, Life on Venus/Spiral Towers (site band)
plus others. Lots going on at site, excellent local support.
Contact: 07970-318397 for details/directions/happenings
Crystal Palace
On the highest hill in London, this site is gaining
fantastic local support. Southwark Council, together with three
neighbouring councils, have joined in opposing this inner-city destruction.
Lots of building and digging continues in order to ensure that the
£56m, 20 screen mutliplex cinema complex (with parking for 1000 cars!),
doesn't get off the drawing board. Wanna get there? By train to Crystal
Palace station, by tube to Brixton then No3 bus.
Details etc: 0181 7617826
Bingley Bypass
Still awaiting decision by John Prescott. In desperate need
of bodies, so get there.
Contact: 01274 504626 for details/directions etc
Bangor
The camp is protesting against a greenbelt housing development.
Contact: 01248 351541 or 0836 563980 for details
e-mail: jimk@undeb.bangor.ac.uk
Ashton Court (Bristol)
20 acre quarry extension into Ashton Court public park.
Info: 0467 430211
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