EVACUATION OF FLATS
SQUATTERS HOUSED IN REST CENTRE LONDON, September 20. London’s first luxury squatters, who took possession of the Duchess of Bedford’s House on September 8, moved out to-day. They formed a procession outside the flats and, headed by a band, marched in the rain to decorated motor coaches, which took them to a council rest centre. Ten motor-vans carried their furniture. The evacuation was temporarily upset by the discover that the centre was occupied by building workers who, at a mass meeting, refused to move, saying they were nicely settled in, with organised social activities, including darts. The Exchange Telegraph Agency said that the squatters would probably be sent to houses in Kensington, originally requisitioned for the builders. However, the squatters and builders, after a mass meeting, agreed that both would occupy the rest centre. It was decided to send a deputation to No. 10 Downing Street, and the London County Council.
The Government, in an attempt to solve the squatting problem, has offered 718 camps to local authorities for temporary accommodation.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24987, 23 September 1946, Page 5
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