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Bristol Squatters Occupy Lloyds TSB Private Bank

inks | 01.10.2012 12:56

Early Sunday morning a group of squatters occupied a former Lloyds TSB private bank in Clifton, Bristol.

Police, a security guard and the estate agents have all been round. The new Section 6 for commercial buildings worked and we're still in the building.

You can't keep good squatters down - we just took a private bank!

The former Lloyds private bank in Clifton is in a grade 2 listed Victorian mansion. It's got four floors of big rooms and a veranda at the back. So far we've spent most of our time relaxing in the first floor conservatory which is light, airy and has a good view of the gate.

We got in on Sunday night through an open window at the back. We secured the building and made the burglar alarm go off by taping over all the movement sensors.

Police attended at 1pm on Sunday giving us time to wake up, have a coffee and enjoy our new home. There were six car loads of them including some plain clothes police. The new Section 6 for commercial buildings issued by ASS held them off even though the building looks fairly residential - it was originally built as a family homw with accommodation for six servants.

A security guard turned up at about 3pm on Sunday. It turned out his company had only been hired to protect the building "a few hours before". Heh! He was friendly and went away when we told him it was squatted.

Monday morning two reps from the estate agents marketing the building came round. Looks like they're going the legal route rather than trying anything dodgy.

We've talked to several of the neighbours already and generally they're friendly and supportive - more than we expected - which is good. They're unhappy about the building being left empty by the bank.

So BIG WIN - we'e loving being inside a posh as you get banker's building!

inks

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  1. Make the fuckers pay — pigeon
  2. yay - my dongle is working — inks
  3. solidarity from amsterdam — amsterdoom krakers
  4. you let the press in and... — anarko squatter
  5. We let accredited press in and — Resident
  6. @ Resident — anarko squatter
  7. surprise surprise — @
  8. Oh hush now — inks
  9. @ inks — @
  10. I dunno — inks
  11. @ anarko — Resident