Golf Action

Oldham Earth First! took over the garden of councillor John Battye on the 16th of February. They set up a camp, put banners up and played golf with children's clubs. The action took place in response to Oldham council's plans to use Beal Valley partly as a golf course and partly as a dumping ground for industrial waste, including arsenic, cyanide, low level radiation, and the spoil from the M66. Local protesters demanded that the land become a nature reserve as it hosted newts, birds and a wide range of mammals. More actions are planned, as from next month the area is going to see 100 lorries a day carrying waste to the site. Contact 0161 628 5128.