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DESCRIPTION:<p>_________________________________________<br /><br />Housm
 ans &ndash\; radical booksellers since 1945<br />_______________________
 __________________<br /><br /><strong>&lsquo\;Solsbury Hill: Chronicle o
 f a Road Protest&rsquo\;<br />with Adrian Arbib<br />Wednesday 23rd Sept
 ember &ndash\; 7pm till 9pm</strong><br />______________________________
 ___________<br /><br /><br />Adrian Arbib discusses the history and lega
 cy of the road protest movement and will be illustrating his talk with a
  slideshow presentation of photographs from his book\, &lsquo\;Solsbury 
 Hill: Chronicle of a Road Protest&rsquo\;.<br /><br />__________________
 _______________________<br /><br /><br />In 1994 eco-warriors took to th
 e tree-tops and set up camps in the Solsbury Hill protest\, as they laun
 ched a bid to halt construction of the Batheaston to Swainswick bypass a
 t Bath.<br /><br />Their hard-fought campaign failed to stop the road th
 rough a Bronze Age beauty spot and ancient monument being built\, but is
  credited with boosting other campaigns against road- building projects 
 across the country\, which eventually led to 300 road schemes being axed
  by the Government.<br /><br />Armed with little more than rope harnesse
 s and mobile phones the size of bricks\, the protesters were faced with 
 often violent private security forces in muddy fields\, high in the tree
 s and even underground. <br /><br />Adrian Arbib lived on site photograp
 hing the events. In so doing he captured all aspects of life on the prot
 est. His work is a unique record of an important moment in British polit
 ical history when a political movement changed government transport poli
 cy.<br /><br />The photographs Adrian took over this period are at the h
 eart of the book &lsquo\;Solsbury Hill: Chronicle of a Road Protest&rsqu
 o\;\, and we are delighted to welcome Adrian to Housmans to discuss the 
 history and legacy of the road protest movement. Adrian will be illustra
 ting his talk with a slideshow presentation of his photographs from the 
 period.<br /><br />&ldquo\;This is our history. It is appalling and insp
 iring at the same time. These pictures of brave people should not be for
 gotten.&rdquo\; John Vidal\, Environment editor\, the Guardian<br /><br 
 />_______________________________________<br /><br />Event information<b
 r /><br />Wednesday 23rd September &ndash\; 7pm till 9pm<br />Housmans B
 ookshop<br />5 Caledonian Road<br />King's Cross<br />London N1 9DX <br 
 />Tel: 020 7837 4473<br /><br />Free entry<br />Nearest tube: King's Cro
 ss<br /><br />www.housmans.com<br />Tel: +44 (0)20 7837 4473 <br />shop 
 email: shop@housmans.com<br />map: http://tinyurl.com/2oq9vv<br /><br />
 "Support the shop that supports your campaigns!"<br /><br />To receive H
 ousmans&rsquo\; monthly events newsletter with all our events\, please e
 mail nik[at]housmans.com and mark the subject &lsquo\;subscribe to newsl
 etter&rsquo\;.</p>
URL:http://london.indymedia.org/events/2438
SUMMARY:Solsbury Hill - Chronicle of a Road Protest
LOCATION:<p><strong>"Support the shop that supports your campaigns!"</str
 ong><br /><br />Housmans Bookshop<br />5 Caledonian Road<br />King's Cro
 ss<br />London N1 9DX <br />Tel: 020 7837 4473<br /><br />Free entry<br 
 />Nearest tube: King's Cross<br /><br />www.housmans.com<br />Tel: +44 (
 0)20 7837 4473 <br />shop email: shop@housmans.com<br />map: http://tiny
 url.com/2oq9vv</p>
COMMENT:More info at http://london.indymedia.org
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