Mainshill Solidarity Camp presented with eviction papers

At 17:00 in the after­noon on Wednes­day 24th of June occu­piers of the Main­shill Sol­i­dar­i­ty Camp in south Lanark­shire were hand­ed evic­tion papers by a sher­iff offi­cer. The Sol­i­dar­i­ty camp has been sum­moned to appear at Lanark sher­iff court on Mon­day the 29th at 9:45 am.

At 17:00 in the after­noon on Wednes­day 24th of June occu­piers of the Main­shill Sol­i­dar­i­ty Camp in south Lanark­shire were hand­ed evic­tion papers by a sher­iff offi­cer. The Sol­i­dar­i­ty camp has been sum­moned to appear at Lanark sher­iff court on Mon­day the 29th at 9:45 am.

The Main­shill Sol­i­dar­i­ty Camp was estab­lished on Fri­day 26th in the Dou­glas Val­ley in South Lanark­shire to show sup­port to the local com­mu­ni­ty who are oppos­ing a new open­cast site from being built in the area. Tree-hous­es and oth­er struc­tures in the wood­land have been put in place to show Scot­tish Coal that they are seri­ous about pre­vent­ing the open­cast site from going ahead.

”Scot­tish Coal and Lord Home have no right to evict us from this wood’ Said Anna Key a care work­er and one of the campers cur­rent­ly liv­ing on the Site. ”Plan­ning per­mis­sion states that they have to car­ry out an envi­ron­men­tal sur­vey from Spring until Autumn before they can start work. Because they have com­menced drilling oper­a­tions and tree felling we have been forced to occu­py the site to stop this ille­gal work from hap­pen­ing.”

On Sun­day the 28th the Sol­i­dar­i­ty Camp are hold­ing a com­mu­ni­ty pic­nic at 3pm to which every­one is invit­ed. Many peo­ple from the local com­mu­ni­ty will come down to drink tea and eat cake with the campers, learn how to climb trees and paint ban­ners to make the site look wel­com­ing.

The sol­i­dar­i­ty camp intends to do all it can to stop the new open­cast mine from going ahead and has the full sup­port of the local com­mu­ni­ty. Come along to the pic­nic on Sun­day to get involved!