Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
How to get to the Whittington Hospital Demo on Saturday, February 27th
I've received an email from Defend the Whittington Hospital Campaign about transport disruptions surrounding Saturday's protest march.
It looks like Highbury & Islington station will be closed due to planned engineering works, as well as Archway station, so I think a bus is the best possible form of public transport - car drivers & cyclists will no doubt get as close as they can.
Speaking for myself, I shall be going by bus, taking either the 141, or 341 from Green Lanes to Newington Green or thereabouts, and walking to Highbury Corner approx. 1 mile for crows, or down Petherton Road off Green Lanes just the other side of Clissold Park, aiming to get there well in time to soak up some of the atmosphere, rather than any unwanted precipitation from the heavens. For those going from Finsbury Park, Nos 4, 19, & 236 are possibilities taking a route down Blackstock Road leading onto Highbury Grove.
As for getting to the Whittington assembly area in Magdela Avenue, I suggest either the 41 from Turnpike Lane, or the W5 'hopper' from Sainsbury's car park, and get as close as they permit.
"Hi everyone,
As the big day of the march is dawning thoughts are now turning to how
to get to Highbury Corner, especially as the police are closing off half of
Holloway Road for us to walk down. So here's some info to help you plan your journey:
Holloway Road is only closed going north ie from Highbury Corner to Archway. Traffic will still be allowed on the other side of the road, but there are arrangements to close the road at some of the junctions with other roads.
Archway Station is closed, as is the whole of the Victoria line, which is all planned engineering work. The Piccadilly line is however open as normal.
There are a lot of planned closures or part closures on the tube network generally, for more information here is the link to the TfL website:
Buses are still running but some are being diverted. For a complete picture of each bus route, and for more information about which roads are closing when please click on this link which will take you to our blog on the website:
Fingers crossed for the weather, see you on the march."
On behalf of:
Zozi
Joint Chair, Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition
Tags for Forum Posts: Demos, Harringay Campaigns, Health Issues, NHS, whittington hospital
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Permalink Reply by Birdy_Too on
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Sorry Admin, posting these again on a more relevant thread. Two posters/banners for Saturday's demo against proposed Whittington A&E closures.
They are A4 posters, but are vector (not pixel) files so can print up to any size, should you have the facilities to do so. A4 – A3 = 141%.
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Permalink Reply by PeterPiper on
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Excellent poster Birdy, are you the artist behind them?
All I need now is an estate agents' board & pole to mount one on. Steve Hatch, how 'bout it?
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Funny you should say that Peter I found one this morning on Frobisher, that'll come in handy for Saturday : )
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IT"S MARCHING TIME EVERYBODY
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Best wishes to the Harringay contingent and to HoL Crouch End Member Sue B.
Any chance of sending us some live pics/video Birdy?
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Didn't take many as I only had my phone, but the march went from The Whittington to Odeon on Holloway Road, as I say I would like to see how many were there, I would suggest maybe 3000. There were loads taking photos so should get some soon. I brought a new camera yesterday so didn't have a decent one to take. There were a few from HOL there. Lammy spoke and was berated after him by some Trade Unionists. Frank Dobson got the biggest cheer.
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Actually there is a few news articles already on this, one on the BBC site here The interview was at the beginning and the numbers vastly increased as we went on collecting people en route.
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Permalink Reply by maggie on
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some photos of the demo
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Love the matching father & son protest shoes Birdy. :) Great turn out. Did see it covered on BBC London news with the pollyticians getting their chants in of course. Note to everyone else, poster artwork by Birdy himself.
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Thanks Maggie for the photos, as you can see the kids are enjoying the day (!) and the wife is camera shy. Well done Peter for all your efforts, around 50% of the shops in Harringay have the flyers in the window which shows great local support for this campaign.
A few other articles:
Socialist Worker
Camden Journal
Haringey Independent
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