In 1981, the Sutton Hill Allotments Campaign was set up to fight the decision by Telford Development Corporation to sell off land allocated a few years before for allotments. At the beginning of 1982, after many months of campaigning, another piece of land was earmarked by the Corporation and we were celebrating a victory.
The picture above shows the 27’ long giant marrow we built for the Carnival in July. We also made a fabric wheelbarrow and vegetables as part of our campaign.
The first of May saw us having a victory celebration dance at the Community Centre, with ‘something to really dance about’, said one member of the campaign group.
The TCA workers in this project were Bette Abbott
Photo by Gerry Foxhall
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