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500th day celebration for keeping Tescos off Mill Road

Cameraboy. | 21.03.2009 22:06 | Free Spaces | Cambridge

Today a small milestone in community activism was reached when the 500th day of being able keep Tescos off Mill Road was reached.

To mark this occasion, tables, chairs and stalls were set up in front of the old Wilco premises and a street party took place, replete with music.

The bigger picture...
The bigger picture...


Plein Air Party!
Plein Air Party!

Even a Barbie mate!
Even a Barbie mate!

Plus hot drinks...
Plus hot drinks...




CabbageCam (tm)!
CabbageCam (tm)!



It most certainly is!!
It most certainly is!!


Alas I missed the music, so if anyone out there took some pictures of any of these performances, please feel free to post them here, but please remember to resize them.

Tescos has now had two planning applications turned down in the last year for setting up shop in the former Wilco premses, which for a couple of months last year was also Mill Road Social Centre, before Tescos saw fit to issue an eviction order and have the Social Centre's worldly goods unceremoniously dumped by bailiffs in the car park behind the building.

There are rumours that they may have have ditched their original plan to extend the building and install refridgeration (any additional info confirming/denying this please post here), but we shall see what takes place over the coming months.

In the meantime, let's try and make it 1,000 days without Tescos on Mill Road!

Cameraboy.

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wehay

22.03.2009 11:37

I particularly like the 'Another Mill Road is Possible' photo, with the coke cans in it ;-)

Hope you got a lot more people than the photos show, later on.

That said, nice one for the campaign so far, and good luck.

sidelines

Re: Attendance...

30.03.2009 11:18

I turned up about mid afternoon as things were winding down, and rumour is that there were loads of people about earlier for the music.

If anyone has pictures of this, please post here.

Cameraboy.