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Manor Gardens Allotments vs. Olympics 2012

More info: www.lifeisland.org Manor Gardens Allotments are a small green paradise and thriving community hidden away in the East End of London. For nearly 100 years generations of local people ha...  
 
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miliziametallica (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Im from Turin, olympic city in the 2006. The olympic game is only a lobby affair of sponsors and constructor. The city lost only money, then the buildings remain inutilized.
Fight for your zone
mal344 (7 months ago) Show Hide
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Return the stolen marbles of Parthenon. Prove you respect history!
kokonutbaby1 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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I think its a shame on the developers and city to take away what people have had so long and worked so hard for...that is how it will be all over soon i think...gov't will own everything and we will be the slaves to it. Those gardens are beautiful.
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mrplasma375 (10 months ago) Show Hide
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Empire01233,if you had an allotment you may understand.
bittenof (10 months ago) Show Hide
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sorry dont understand as i didnt mention allotments but no doubt they took someones allotments and didnt replace them
welshmoron (1 year ago) Show Hide
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It was with sadness that I watched the programme on these lovely allotments and their destruction by the L.D.A. They should have been preserved for the people who have looked after them for so many years, and it was lovely to see a part of London that reminded one of the old days. Surely they could have built the olympic site around this beautiful spot and left it for the many people who obviously love it.
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We have allotments near us, and they look like a dirty shanty town on the outskirts of town. All you can see is homemade lock-ups and plastic sheeting, it reminds me of my time in south america
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urgh 2012 was a mistake (lol) 2016 would have been saner, and perhaps with more time for planning, they wouldn't have had to get rid of one of the best parts of London... something thats almost unique - and so pretty looking - is going to removed, and flattened :(

And not only the allotments, but almost the entire site looks like one of the last scraps of green land in London, demolish in the other direction? :( i thought we were supposed to be green!

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