lifeisland – Manor Garden Olympic Allotments

On Sunday 23rd September over 60 people gathered on a very warm afternoon outside Hackney Town Hall to express their anger at the London 2012 Olympic plans and protest at the wastage, dishonesty and delusion. It marked the day that Manor Garden Allotments disappeared for good behind the Blue Wall after 100 years of cultivation.
Participants [...]

ANYONE COMING IS INVITED TO BRING A BOUQUET OR WREATH WITH A MESSAGE, TO LAY AT THE OLYMPIC SITE ENTRANCE – FOR ALL THAT’S BEING LOST
But we want it to be fun – bring something to make some noise!
Route map (click to enlarge):
Getting there: Hackney Town Hall is next to the Hackney Empire [...]

Yum, those are going to be high class lettuces

We wonder how much it is really all costing? Whatever the final tally, there’s no doubt that this must be the most expensive exercise in ‘digging a hole and filling it in again’ ever conceived.