The Matilda Social Centre in Sheffield was faced with eviction today and in response it was squatted.
This building is now squatted...
OK, we are off then...
Media interview
The day started at 8:15am when people from Yorkshire Forward, the owners of the building, and their legal representatives from Lambert Smith Hampton turned up with 3 vans full of builders from The Allen Group of Companies and strted rehanging the front door and changing the locks.
Lambert Smith Hampton posted a "No Unauthorised Entry" notice:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/06/342707.html#c149477
They told people in the building that they had till 5pm to remove anything they wanted to keep. The gig space collective, http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/collectives/gig-space/ and the cafe collective, http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/collectives/cafe/ removed some of their things.
The builders were handed Section 6 notices:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/06/342707.html#c149482
And then the builders and the legal folks left saying they would be back at 5pm...
At meeting of over 20 people that started at around 2:30pm then decided to change the lock on the front door and squat the building. It was also decided that for the next few days general Matilda meetings will be held every day at 6pm. It was also agreed that the fundraiser on Saturday should also go ahread:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/06/342748.html
Reporters from the BBC turned up just before 5pm and then shortly after two people from Lambert Smith Hampton turned up, were told that the building was now squatted, and they promptly left...
So, one year on from Matilda serving as the convergence centre and independant media centre for the G8 protest in Sheffield it starts a new stage of it's history as a squatted social centre.
Lambert Smith Hampton posted a "No Unauthorised Entry" notice:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/06/342707.html#c149477 They told people in the building that they had till 5pm to remove anything they wanted to keep. The gig space collective,
http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/collectives/gig-space/ and the cafe collective, http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/collectives/cafe/ removed some of their things. The builders were handed Section 6 notices:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/06/342707.html#c149482 And then the builders and the legal folks left saying they would be back at 5pm...
At meeting of over 20 people that started at around 2:30pm then decided to change the lock on the front door and squat the building. It was also decided that for the next few days general Matilda meetings will be held every day at 6pm. It was also agreed that the fundraiser on Saturday should also go ahread:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/06/342748.html Reporters from the BBC turned up just before 5pm and then shortly after two people from Lambert Smith Hampton turned up, were told that the building was now squatted, and they promptly left...
So, one year on from Matilda serving as the convergence centre and independant media centre for the G8 protest in Sheffield it starts a new stage of it's history as a squatted social centre.
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United
15.06.2006 00:32
Will do everything possible to get people there on Saturday to show support, not just for SPEAK and the vegan prisoners, but also for Matilda and all who sail in her, regardless of the legalities.
Just wondering, though... what are the legalities for being there at a support night, now that it's a squat rather than a reclaimed space?
Til
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The revolution continues
16.06.2006 07:49
The change in relationship with Yorkshire Forward makes no difference. events are still happening.
matilda
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