Sunday 10th January 1999 was the first reunion event since the bypass had opened (it opened nov '98), and marking three years since destruction work had starting on the road. Previous re-unions had seen large scale direct action but this time most people expected a quiet day - but really the opportunity was too good to miss, a chance to say again that this was an outdated destructive and crass road scheme, that opposition was still there.
And so people took to the new road... (see links at end for reports)
A beautiful evening for road reclaiming
People have taken the road and stopped the traffic
Police mobilise, slowly, in straight lines
People all over the place
Walking and dancing the road route
Carriageway leapfrog, and a bit of bulldog
Bypass well and truly closed
Cops get annoyed with looking stupid and being blocked in by us
And start arresting a few people
But it's mostly good natured from us
Cops get a bit more hectic and call in riot squad
But still people remain chill - "no officer i'm fine here"
It almost looked beautiful - well at least peaceful, if only for a moment...
Goons stood about - we'd reversed direction...
Left some obstacles...
And walked into the sunset...
The road was closed all night and into the next day.
Action Report from Merrick:
http://www.godhaven.org.uk/newbury99.html SchNEWS Action Report:
http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news197.htm Picture from SQUALL:
http://www.squall.co.uk/pic.cfm/ses/sq=2001112022/ct=36 BBC News Item:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/252313.stm
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