Saturday, April 20, 2024

Dave Morris: Tottenham community activist and anarchist - a 70th anniversary retrospective

A celebration, and a look back at some activities, groups and campaigns over the decades

Footage from event on Saturday 30th March 2024 @ Lordship Hub N17 6NU

Films, Desert Island Discs, photo-display, speeches / music, info table - Hosted by the Friends of Lordship Rec

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2-8pm   Photo display [See photos at the end of this post]     

3-4pm   Dave's Desert Island Discs - 
https://vimeo.com/934535511?share=copy

4-5pm   Open Mic for speeches/contributions -


6-8pm   Film Show - extracts from documentaries reflecting some activities/movements involved with eg. Glastonbury 1971, Torness protests, Stop ‘The City’, Poll Tax, McLibel, Sound Bites, Kingsnorth Climate Camp, Haringey Civic Centre occupation, HFRA/Community Action/housing, Lordship Rec, National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces, Spycops - -
https://vimeo.com/934531278?share=copy

[See recording below, and full links for each film at the end]

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Desert Island Discs interview session: 

On Vimeo* - https://vimeo.com/934535511?share=copy


Contributions, thoughts and anecdotes from friends and comrades:


Piano / sax / singalong:




Film show session with Dave's thoughts:

On Vimeo* - https://vimeo.com/934531278?share=copy

*You might be asked to sign up for a Vimeo paid-for account, but do not need to do that to watch the films. You may need to input your email address though.

[See below for links to the full films]

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Dave's Film Show List

The extracts used at Dave's film show session - reflecting some activities/movements involved with. Feel free to watch any of the documentary films in full.

--------  Glastonbury 1971: 

Play all to the very end (4.10s)

--------  Torness anti-nuclear power protests:

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/8500   Play from 13.50secs to 15.40s    and 17.50 - 20.06secs...  

--------  Stop ‘The City’:

Play from start to 1.42s..  then 2.30-3.30s.  Then 4.30-5.50s. Then 7.20-8.45s...


--------  Poll Tax, especially Trafalgar Square Defendants Campaign:

Haringey overview (Tony Wood interview)  Play all (7.06s)

--------  McLibel Trial / Campaign:

The McLibel documentary, 2005  

Film is set so it can only be watched on the YouTube site and not here, so click on this link: 

Play from start to 4.41secs..   then 1hr to 1.05.55secs     Then 1.17.20secs to end

--------  Sound Bites vegan cookery video:
Play 9m-14m  - including my son Charlie and Tottenham kids with Benjamin Zephaniah.

--------  Kingsnorth climate camp:

[Note: the first link was missed out in the film showing session at Dave's 70th]
Great overview  (total 3.40 secs)  SHOW ALL

Show - I help protestors to defy the policing operation..  Start at 1.20s and play to 3.30s


--------  HFRA/Community Action:

Community Action part 1 .. Play from start to 7.24secs....


--------  Haringey Civic Centre occupation:...

In the chamber (use this)..  Play from Start to 2mins. Then 4min to 5.30m.


--------  Give Our Kids a Future demonstration:

0-1.35s    Then 6.00-10.26 (end)


--------  Our Tottenham - the launch

The launch. Play from start up to 3.23secs...  


--------  Friends of Lordship Rec:

[Note: the first link was missed out in the film showing session at Dave's 70th]
Our film!  Play from start to 1.38s. Then 2.25 - 6.15secs.. then 13.20secs to 15.10secs...  

BBC Countryfile piece.  Play from start to 6.10sec


--------  Michelle's resilient orchards on ITV

Play all - 2.36secs..

--------  Spycops Inquiry:
Play all..  3.51secs.  Dave briefly interviewed.

Photographs of photo displays at the event:



















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