East End Howler #08

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The lVlétropIolitIaIn Police have asked thecity or Landon
collected several thousand signaturesin a matter of weeks
Corporation (trustees forfwanstead Flats and therest as away of-"building opposition_ to their plans. The police
of EppI ing Forest) for peri missiontIo‘ build a temporary have been eondi1ct.inga PR spin ‘consultation’ exercise’ (at
a cost of£49,000), consisting of a travelling exhibition, and
Olympics operational base on-the Flats (with an 11
asked the campaign to- send down I a couple of
foot high solid barrier,‘ housing 80 horses and _12,000
representatives to ai meeting, an offer which the campaign
police in a day) for 90 days in 2012. Forthe plan to go
(sensibly) turned down, inviting them instead to a public
ahead, "a law that has protected the Forest since 1878
meeting on'October 16th. 300 people turned_ up, filling the
(itself the result of a successful community campaign)
hall,-aind subjecting the Metropolitan Police and the City
mustbe amended. Thousandsofloca’l people have
ofI "London Corporation to a barrage of informed and
complained that this would set a dangerous. pre‘cedIent
intelligent questions covering accountability; cost, the
for the future, and demanded to know why the Flats
environment, security and traffic. Unsurprisingly, the vIote
site was chosen. k I . _ I
on the < proposal held at the end of the meeting was
The Save Iwanstead Flats campaign called a ‘mass I unanimously against. ' ' ' I
community picnic on thesiteon September 5th’.IDespite a
The; next mass action is a ‘Beatingof the bounds’ — a
grey day,_around_ zoo hundredtpeople turned-up to enjoy
traditional ‘community event to mark‘ the boundaries of
their green community space, share food and drink, and
land’ ownedand used by the community (to show the size
show, their opposition, not least by grilling Paul
ofthe proposed se_curity base site). -We’lI be taking back
Thompson, the City of London CorpIor_at‘ion,representative
Wanstead Flats on Sunday November 21st at zpm —
who was there. He told locals that the site was chosen
bring yourfamily 'arI1dfri_e_ndIs,‘ see you there!
because it was the cheapest (at'£17o,ooo), _but.that ‘he
Get involved in the Save Wanstead Flats campaign —
wouldn’t reveal the other possible sites onthe'groL11,‘1ds of
‘commercial sensitivity’, (even though it’s our moIn_ey, as come to our meetings, lobby your councillors It and MP5,
and visit our website at ww"w.savewansteadflats.org.uk
taxpayers, that is being used!,).»The campaign has also I
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Join us for ‘Take Back Wanstead Flats’ on 2pm on Sunday 21 Noyember. The
Savewanstead Flats campaign; plans to use wooden stakesand tape to_
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mark out the boundaries ofthe proposed police base onthe Flats, in order-to
show just how much space it ‘will swallow up in 12012. Maps or drawings can
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late November, so we do recommend that peoplewrap up warmly! * ' ' . . i . .
Leaflets available to download from http://scr.jbi/9sZkj_yandA3 posters from '
http://scr.bi/9A‘gXOE - please asklocal shops and businessesto put up a s mg Em Him or ML i
poster, or» stickgone up in your window (but no flyposting please, as it gets , mg , an
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The weather for the Mass Community Picnic, by a friend from Godwin Road, came up with some funny
organised by the Save Wanstead Flats campaign, and brilliant placard designs.
was predicted to be fine and sunny. But as It walked
I heard some rather wild speculation about the overall
up Woodgrange Road towards the Flats at
numbers, but a rough headcount at about 2.15pm
lunchtime, the sky was leaden and lcould feel the
suggested 350 picnickers, which is fantastic achievement
occasional spot of rain. There was no way of
for what was fairly autumnal afternoon.
knowing how any people - if any - would show up to
Paul Thomson, the Superintendent of Epping Forest, was
what had been billed as an opportunity for local
also there and to give him all due credit, he stayed to
people, concerned about plans for a police
debate with local people despite a pressing engagement in
operational base on Wanstead Flats, to meet
Chingford for the Epping Forest Festival. I’m pretty sure he
neighbours from around thearea who share their
felt he had little choice at times though. One of my friends
concerns about defending common land that
said the impromptu public meeting that had surrounded
belongs to all of us.
him was like a ‘gherao’, an Indian protest tactic from West
Bengal that involves surrounding a politician or employer
At 12.30pm there were about ten of us, but I need not have
and refusing to let them leave until their demands are met
worried. Small groups of people soon appeared from every
or their questions answered! However, Paul kindly
direction, bringing their blankets and food, Whilst at
confirmed that the City of London Corporation would
around 1.30pm, a large group of cyclists -from Forest Gate
definitely provide representatives for the residents’ public
showed up in procession. There was a good turnout too
meeting that took place on Wednesday 6th October - this
from the local churches and a number of the schools and a
convinced the Metropolitan Police to stop beating around
good mix of residents from Forest Gate, Leyton and
the bush and they turned up as well.
Wanstead. The children’s banner-making area, organised
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or 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,
privatisation and surveillance. We want to highlight the unique
problems that the Olympics bring to London and how it affects
struggle more generally. We want to use the Olympics to our
advantage, not by buying a ticket or buying into the false legacy
promises, but by using this opportunity to bring people affected by
the games together.
We will be holding regular monthly organising meetings and public
socials. The next meeting will be Tuesday 9th November, 7pm at
Durning Hall in Newham (Earlham Grove, E7 9AB).
The first social event will be held on Friday 26th November in LARC
(62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel) from 7pm. There will be
speakers, films, music and drinks. Please check our website for
more details.
WEBSITE: http://counterolympicsnetwork.wordpress.com/
EMAIL: [email protected]
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This article has been reproduced with the kind permission of Following the inquiry (the deliberations taking place
Eastside Community Heritage - http://www.hidden-
during the coldest winter of the twentieth century, locally
histories.org.uk/wordpress/ .
Alexandra Lake froze) the decision was made in April 1947
to reject the application. However Silken did accept that
In March 1946 the decision was made by West Ham
the compulsory purchase was not “ultra vires” (beyond the
council to make an application under the Town and
power) and the 1878 Epping Forest Act did not exempt the
Country Planning Act to compulsory purchase 163
land from an attempt to compulsory purchase it.
acres of Wanstead Flats between Capel and
Aldersbrook roads, the majority of which lay outside of
West Ham Council went on to embark on a comprehensive
the borough boundaries. This land would be used for redevelopment programme across the borough which
the building of homes to house around 7000 people. Stanley Reed documented in his film ‘Neighbourhood 15”.
West Ham council noted that the London County Coun- Mr. Reed was elected onto Wanstead and Woodford
cil (LCC) had already made applications for land in council as an independent councillor for Park Ward and
Chingford and Chigwell for housing outside of its later went on to become the director of the British Film
Institute. He later wrote that:
boundaries. West Ham council were influenced by the
idea of self contained cottage estates located away
“My part in the saving of Wanstead Flats is the single
from heavy industry. There had been a move of
achievement of my life of which I am unreservedly proud.”
population from the more heavily damaged areasin
West Ham and East Ham councils jointly prepared
the south to the north of West Ham and the open land
proposals for development in the Pitsea and Laindon areas
of Wanstead Flats‘ was an obvious target for
of Essex, although ultimately the development was
development undertaken by the Basildon Development Corporation.
The West Ham” proposals were opposed by the City of The proposals by East Ham council for permanent
London Forest through the Epping Forest Committee, Sir development for schools by on Manor Park Triangle were
Frank Alexander as Lord Mayor of London wrote eventually rejected following a public inquiry in the early
personally to Bevan criticising the proposals which were 1950s
also opposed by the all neighbouring local councils.
For Wanstead Flats, the City of London established a joint
A spirited local campaign was organised with Stanley committee with West Ham, East Ham, Wanstead and
Reed, a West Ham schoolteacher and Lakehouse Estate Woodford and Leyton councils to look at development of
resident, acting as secretary of the Wanstead Flats Defence Wanstead Flats on modern lines which produced some
Committee. This organised a broad based coalition of over proposals which were implemented during the 195os and is
160 organisations including trade union branches, still widely used today.
religious groups, political parties and sports organisations
This episode in the history of the area highlights the
who came together to oppose the proposals. The
tension that existed and still exists today between
committee organised public meetings, house canvassing,
preservation and development. Certainly, Wanstead Flats
letter writing campaigns and lobbied local politicians
was a designated open space and was described as such in
The campaign also cut across party political allegiance the Abercrombie’s Plan for London. However it is also true
with Leah Manningtthe Labour MP for Epping being a that West Ham was attempting to follow guidance to
vocal opponent of the proposed developments and separate housing from industrial development.
presenting Parliament with a 6o,ooo signature petition
An illustrated talk and exhibition is also available that was
against the plans. Mrs. Manning spoke at many meetings
produced as part of a Eastside Community Heritage
against the proposals and attacked the plans during a
project “Field of Dreams” funded by the Heritage Lottery
Parliamentary debate as “vandalism.”
Fund. An event to debate the housing proposals of 1946
Alicia Reed, the wife of Stanley Reed who was interviewed will be held as part of the Leytonstone Festival.
in zoo7 about the campaign remembers:
The first part of this article appeared in issue number 7 of
“Leah Manning [MP]... said she was going to sit down in the East End Howler.
front of the bulldozers and was very outspoken”.
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Lewis Silkin, Minister for Town and Country Planning, and
a former Chair of Planning for the LCC, established a
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public inquiry into the compulsory purchase. This opened -Iu-vi
on the 2.nd December 1946 at West Ham Town (Hall,
Stratford (now the Old Town Hall). It lasted 4 days and at
times was punctuated by acrimonious exchanges. Amid
catcalls from the public gallery the West Ham Town Clerk
described the inquiry as a battle between “havesand
have-nots.” This was followed by cries of “shame!” when
Wanstead Flats was described as an “unattractive open
space.
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.LE R TR I S D T HE O Pl S!
“Nuclear Trains” carry highly-radioactive cargoes across London. Each week such trains-travel on the North London
between Stratford and Hackney Centrallthrough the Olympic site. They are carrying containerss of nuclear fuel rods
from the nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk upto-the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria where the deadly
plutonium and uranium they contain is separated. A I I A
THESE CARGOES ARE DANGEROUS S I
IAs a result of a terrorist attack or serious accident theflasks could break open, releasing highly-radioactive
material that would blow for miles in the Cwpindrandrkill thousands of people inagbuilt-up area like Stratford.
‘Such a terrorist attack on a_nuclear train in the vicinity of the Olympics would thus create a “terrorist spectacular”,
which makes the trains averytempting target. I V I q I " A -T I S _ A I
pIAsk your MP or local Councillor to try to get_ these trains stopped from going on the line through the Olympic
site until at least the Games are safely over. I - A _
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join our campaignby sending arequest for more information to Stop NuclearTrains through the Olympic Site!
c/o Nuclear Trains Actior1_Group, 162 Holloway Rd, N7‘8DQ - Telephone: [phone] . I
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