Jesmond Dene Flowerpot Tribe

12th July 1993. A day of action in defiance of Newcastle City Council’s injunction stopping "people unknown" from trespassing on the construction site resulted in 14 arrests. The road is £12 million worth of folly and would destroy around 170 trees. Only preliminary works have started so far. Tree houses have already been constructed in several trees and activists are already living in some of the trees. The presence of the Flowerpot Tribe camp successfully deterred the council from moving in with chainsaws, but a 24 hour eviction notice was served on 16th July.

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