Save Leyton Marsh Camp & Boules stop work

29th March 2012

29th March 2012

The tent occu­pa­tion which sprang up on Sat­ur­day in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the Cam­paign to Save Ley­ton Marsh has entered its 5th day.  The camp con­tin­ues to grow with sup­port­ers arriv­ing every day.  Local res­i­dents and cam­paign­ers vis­it all day long pro­vid­ing sup­port, bring­ing sup­plies and chat­ting with the campers.  Basic facil­i­ties have been set­up includ­ing a field kitchen and wash­ing up area.  There is also a com­mu­ni­ca­tions tent.  

No con­struc­tion work has tak­en place on the Ley­ton Marsh site since Fri­day when local cam­paign­ers from the Save Ley­ton Marsh group stood in front of lor­ries pre­vent­ing them from enter­ing the site.  On Mon­day, the occu­pa­tion campers joined with local res­i­dents stand­ing in front and lying down under lor­ries.  

Today a Police Com­mu­ni­ty Sup­port Offi­cer arrived at the camp in the ear­ly morn­ing to inform the group that the Olympic Deliv­ery Author­i­ty will be com­ing to the camp on Fri­day morn­ing.  The PCSO said that the pur­pose of the vis­it was to nego­ti­ate with the Save Ley­ton Marsh Cam­paign and Campers about the sit­u­a­tion (an update will be pub­lished when more info is known).  

The occu­piers wel­come any and all sup­port. There is plen­ty of space for more peo­ple to get involved. It is locat­ed Behind Lee Val­ley Ice Cente on Lea Bridge Rd, Ley­ton Map: http://tinyurl.com/6ntfscy

For more info check out: 

http://saveleytonmarsh.wordpress.com/

http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/

 

—–

23rd March 2012

This Morning’s game of boules was a real joy. We man­aged to talk to a lot of peo­ple, includ­ing the police, the site man­ag­er, who said noth­ing, pass­er-bys . We pre­vent­ed at least 4 trucks (8am) to enter the site. It was all very peace­ful and joy­ful. Every­one want­ed to play boules, even the police and the gate keep­ers on site were tempt­ed.

Update: no lor­ries entered the site all day. This was real­ly great team work in action…So they give the LVPRA plan­ning per­mis­sion for ‘assem­bly and leisure’ on Ley­ton Marsh and we take them at their word. Walk­ers of the world unite, you have noth­ing to lose but some boules!

Pho­tos at http://saveleytonmarsh.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/boules/