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original video https://youtu.be/lgFiTTWA4p4
Here's the rushes from a gathering of London's squatting community in 1995 to mark 20 years since the Elgin Avenue stand-off in 1975 - successful resistance to eviction by the GLC from a street of large town houses in West London. Piers Corbyn (interviewed here), Jeremy Corbyn's brother, lived there, as did an early version of The Clash, called the 101ers.
With a screening of rare videos from the time, including an eviction of Camden High Street in 1974, and Germany - with tanks, plus Wally Hope talking at the Watchfield Festival.
Production assistance - Julia Guest
25-06-1979 - Punk squatters, Kings Cross, London 1979 © NLA
25-06-1979 - Punk squatters, Kings Cross, London 1979 © NLA
29-10-1979 - Bloomsbury squatters lobby High Court against evictions, London 1979 © NLA
29-10-1979 - Bloomsbury squatters lobby High Court against evictions, London 1979 © NLA
23-10-1979 - Police and baliffs evicting squatters, London 1979 © NLA
23-10-1979 - Police and baliffs evicting squatters, London 1979 © NLA
22-10-1979 - Squat in Euston, Central London © NLA
22-10-1979 - Squat in Euston, Central London © NLA
30-07-1979 - Punk squatters at the High Court challenging their eviction from a squat, London 1979 © NLA
30-07-1979 - Punk squatters at the High Court challenging their eviction from a squat, London 1979 © NLA
15-06-1979 - Squatters defending their right to picket at a building site, London © NLA
15-06-1979 - Squatters defending their right to picket at a building site, London © NLA
13-06-1979 - Squatters outside court. Piers Corbyn (L), one of the leaders and brother to Jeremy Corbyn, London 1979 © NLA
13-06-1979 - Squatters outside court. Piers Corbyn (L), one of the leaders and brother to Jeremy Corbyn, London 1979 © NLA
15-05-1979 - Homeless occupying new houses, London 1979 in protest at the sale of council houses © Martin Mayer
15-05-1979 - Homeless occupying new houses, London 1979 in protest at the sale of council houses © Martin Mayer
04-05-1979 - Eviction of squatters, Tolmers Square, Camden, 1979, London. Belongings and household items in the street guarded by a policeman. The squatters demanded to be rehoused rather than evicted. The square... © Peter Arkell
04-05-1979 - Eviction of squatters, Tolmers Square, Camden, 1979, London. Belongings and household items in the street guarded by a policeman. The squatters demanded to be rehoused rather than evicted. The square... © Peter Arkell
09-03-1979 - Squatters occupying an Ideal Home, 1979 Ideal Home Exhibition, Earls Court, London. Ideal Homes For All © Ray Rising
09-03-1979 - Squatters occupying an Ideal Home, 1979 Ideal Home Exhibition, Earls Court, London. Ideal Homes For All © Ray Rising
04-12-1978 - Huntley Street squatters outside court to defend themselves against eviction orders, Piers Corbyn (L), one of the leaders carrying placard, London 1978 © NLA
04-12-1978 - Huntley Street squatters outside court to defend themselves against eviction orders, Piers Corbyn (L), one of the leaders carrying placard, London 1978 © NLA
https://www.reportdigital.co.uk/archive-photos/1970s/squatter-movement-london-1970s.html
