Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Postweets in Wood Green
This is for HoL members who've not yet spotted the message wall on a boarded-up glass door in the Body Shop, Wood Green. it's just around the corner from the Big Green Bookshop in Brampton Park Road. I was there yesterday and took a few photos.
Later I noticed that Simon Key from the bookshop had already blogged it and taken photos too.
Long-awaited
It is of course, the latest, long-awaited technical upgrade of the Twitter platform. Although this is far far more sophisticated than anything we've seen so far. These colourful post-tweets don’t require a computer, an internet connection or even an electricity supply! They work simply and reliably whether you are posting or reading them. There's no signing-up and no password.
If you find this hard to believe, it gets better still.
You can even touch and smell them! They can be read in ambient light and are fully recyclable. So they are almost completely green. Except for the ones which are blue, yellow and pink.
The Messages?
Now we're serious. They are direct, heartfelt, and sometimes hard-hitting.
Tags for Forum Posts: Haringey, Wood Green, community voices, open for business, post-tweets, riots
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Joking aside, I thought the post-its in Wood Green were a fairly straightforward and sincere public expression of people's feelings. Which included compassion for those directly affected; anger about the riots and looting; and a public gesture of support for the area and solidarity with our wider community.
I didn't realise how widespread this had been. For instance, someone pointed out the Peace Wall at Manchester's Arndale Centre.
And then, just to show that not everyone thinks the same way, I came across this BBC webpage. The writer, Vanessa Barford, quotes comments from various people including Rowenna Davis, a councillor representing Peckham. She said:
"It was quite cathartic for people to know that other people felt the same, that they were not alone, that people loved their community, and there was pride in the area."
Vanessa Barford quotes a couple of professors and a psychologist who give useful insights. For example about the "urge for people to physically turn up to share or express their emotions."
But for me, just as interesting were some of the 79 comments. (Click on "All comments". Number 79 appears first.)
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