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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...
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 have been able to grow their own food and enjoy their leisure in this uniquely secure and peaceful space, which time and the hard work of the plotholders has turned into a place of special beauty. Come the winning of the bid for the so-called 'green' Olympics 2012, and it has become just another piece of land to be flattened, community dispersed and its history erased... to be replaced by a concrete path. But campaigners are determined to persuade the authorities that the destruction of this special place would be an unnecessary and tragic loss, and their retention within the Olympic 2012 site would be a tremendous and imaginative asset. First shown on BBC1's InsideOut on 30 Oct 2006.
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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
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.
just look at how much they are now going to end up costing.went to barcelona,olympic stadiums unused,athens stadium a wreck and sydney thinking why did we bother.that fucking arsehole coe was on the radio talking them up today ,he would though as no doubt he will be making something out of it.talked about the 4000 construction workers there forgetting to mention that a lot of them are foreign.that cunt brown talks about british jobs for british workers.gordon,your a cunt
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.
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
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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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!