Monthly Archives: November 2010

Howler Issue 8 Out Now!

From Blogger Pictures Issue 8 of the East End Howler is out now! Click here to download a free pdf copy or click on the link on the right panel. All of the articles are posted on this blog, click … Continue reading

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Take back Wanstead Flats!

From Blogger Pictures The Metropolitan Police have asked the City of London Corporation (trustees for Wanstead Flats and the rest of Epping Forest) for permission to build a temporary Olympics operational base on the Flats (with an 11 foot high … Continue reading

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Report from Mass Community Picnic

From Blogger Pictures The weather for the Mass Community Picnic, organised by the Save Wanstead Flats campaign, was predicted to be fine and sunny. But as I walked up Woodgrange Road towards the Flats at lunchtime, the sky was leaden … Continue reading

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COUNTER OLYMPICS NETWORK

COUNTER OLYMPICS NETWORK (CON) is a network of groups and individuals who have come together to organise against the London Olympics. Our aim is to use the spectacle of the Olympics to strengthen existing organising on local issues like housing, … Continue reading

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Saving the Flats: The Wanstead Flats campaign of 1946 (part 2)

This article has been reproduced with the kind permission of Eastside Community Heritage – http://www.hidden-histories.org.uk/wordpress In March 1946 the decision was made by West Ham council to make an application under the Town and Country Planning Act to compulsory purchase … Continue reading

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NUCLEAR TRAINS AND THE OLYMPICS!

“Nuclear Trains” carry highly-radioactive cargoes across London. Each week such trains travel on the North London between Stratford and Hackney Central through the Olympic site. They are carrying containers of nuclear fuel rods from the nuclear power station at Sizewell … Continue reading

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