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From: Jo Makepeace
Subject: SchNEWS Issue 449 - Friday 16th April
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 22:27:21 +0100
open community space - Hebdon Bridge, Yorkshire
Residents of Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire took over a former Council building in West Yorkshire over Easter. They turned it into an open community space, with films, a free shop, food and events all weekend. The building was a former Tourist Information Centre, which has been handed to a developer by Calderdale Council. Developers want to turn the building into posh flats and a chippy. The occupiers said they wanted to highlight the threat of unsustainable development and rising house prices. The developers went running to the police asking them to evict the squatters, the police had to acknowledge that the locals were legally "squatting" the building.
More info - http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk
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