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Jericho boatyard evicted (photos)

riverbank onlooker | 31.05.2006 20:42 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | Oxford

Castlemill boatyard in Jericho, Oxford was evicted today after a long occupation of the site in an attempt to stop the essential facility being converted to yuppy flats.

Large numbers of cops and bailiffs
Large numbers of cops and bailiffs

Crane used to remove boats
Crane used to remove boats

Cops loiter
Cops loiter

River and cops
River and cops

Getting in the way
Getting in the way

In position!
In position!

Boatyard itself pretty much secured
Boatyard itself pretty much secured

crane again
crane again

Boat painted with valid rant
Boat painted with valid rant

Another intervention...
Another intervention...

...grabbed by bailiffs
...grabbed by bailiffs

Climbing the crane cables...
Climbing the crane cables...

...but pulled down by bailiffs
...but pulled down by bailiffs

More cops and the like (yawn)
More cops and the like (yawn)

Building a fence along the waterfront
Building a fence along the waterfront

Shame on you BW!
Shame on you BW!

Getting ready to tow a boat out of the way
Getting ready to tow a boat out of the way

Using the crane quite dangerously
Using the crane quite dangerously


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and some more eviction photos

02.06.2006 22:29

more photos at  http://www.arbib.org/evict2/

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