Categories: random
Tags: London, petition, allotment
Date: 04 February 2007 15:40:32
I wouldn't normally do a petition-type post, but this caught my eye and I thought it was worth a signature or two and a bit of extra publicity.
Manor Garden Allotments Society has set up a blog explaining all. They're in the path of the 2012 Olympics development, and so the allotments, given to the area in perpetuity over 100 years ago, will be bulldozed and flattened to make a footpath which will be used for just over 4 weeks. They've set up an e-petition here which will no doubt fall on deaf ears, but is nonetheless well worth signing. The Olympics will be great for East London. But there's no need to concrete over these little oases (there's a wildlife area which is also destined to be paved over for something or other, again completely unnecessary if you ask me) - why can't they still exist alongside the new development? Surely there must be someone working for the 2012 Olympics with a shred of imagination? Story originally found at Diamond Geezer.