Matilda the Departure

Mark | 28.06.2006 06:29 | Free Spaces | Sheffield

Predictably YF failed to turn up to repossess "their" building

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Words and Pictures

and the cupboard was bare

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Waiting for YF

One lone activist holds out against the invaders

The energy seemed to have flowed out of the Matilda collective and the will to resist had gone. We were ordered to be out by 9 on Tuesday morning and like the polite people we are we invited Yorkshire forward down to accept possession of "their" building. The press turned up in anticipation of a bit of amusement but neither YF or their representatives nor the council who had also been invited, showed their faces. It was rather a sorry showing and the great project begun in the heat of G8 resistance rather fizzled out on a grey Tuesday morning.

Except for one lone activist who still held out against the invaders.

Mark
e-mail: mark_a_cohen@hotmail.com

Additions

More PIctures of MATILDA on the Tuesday

28.06.2006 14:06

cool kids at the hacklab

Outside of MATILDA. The windows are painted with the names of every band that pl

outside MATILDA

thoughtful graffiti in the cafe

angry graffiti in the cafe

thanx MATILDA - blood sweat and beers!

Outside MATILDA

more outside MATILDA

Cleaning up glass after windows were broken in anger

the last people leaving

Here are some more pictures of MATILDA.

She's beautiful and I loved her. But sometimes you just have to let go....

burntout

In the press

29.06.2006 09:33

The eviction made Page 2 of the Sheffield Star on Wednesday with a much better picture of the lone activist, complete with skull and cross bones up on the roof.

Mark

Sheffield Star Coverage

29.06.2006 16:13

Sheffield Star Wednesday 28 June 2006 Page 2

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