Dear Jan Wilson,
As leader of Sheffield City council, and a board member of Creative
Sheffield/Yorkshire Forward we cordially invite you to join us for our
handing over ceremony of 111 Matilda Street from The Matilda Collective to the deserved and rightful legal owners – Yorkshire Forward, at 9am on Tuesday 27th of June.
We wish to apologize for borrowing the empty building and using it for such unsavoury purposes as free and affordable arts and activist space for the people of Sheffield and the UK. We also apologize for any possible loss of revenues that could have been extracted from the creative folk of Sheffield had we not been offering these resources for free.
Given Sheffield City's councils decision not to put out 111 Matilda Street to public tender and instead to generously accept Sheffield Hallam University's lower offer, than the one made by the long term tenant - Adrenaline Studios , and given the subsequent profitable sale of the property to Yorkshire Forward who have tasked Creative Sheffield with the development of the site, we thought that you would enjoy bearing witness to the vacation of the premises by The Matilda Collective at 9am on Tuesday 27th of June.
Hope to see you,
Yours Sincerely,
Person Unknown of 111 Matilda Street
As leader of Sheffield City council, and a board member of Creative
Sheffield/Yorkshire Forward we cordially invite you to join us for our
handing over ceremony of 111 Matilda Street from The Matilda Collective to the deserved and rightful legal owners – Yorkshire Forward, at 9am on Tuesday 27th of June.
We wish to apologize for borrowing the empty building and using it for such unsavoury purposes as free and affordable arts and activist space for the people of Sheffield and the UK. We also apologize for any possible loss of revenues that could have been extracted from the creative folk of Sheffield had we not been offering these resources for free.
Given Sheffield City's councils decision not to put out 111 Matilda Street to public tender and instead to generously accept Sheffield Hallam University's lower offer, than the one made by the long term tenant - Adrenaline Studios , and given the subsequent profitable sale of the property to Yorkshire Forward who have tasked Creative Sheffield with the development of the site, we thought that you would enjoy bearing witness to the vacation of the premises by The Matilda Collective at 9am on Tuesday 27th of June.
Hope to see you,
Yours Sincerely,
Person Unknown of 111 Matilda Street
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Proposal for nomination of Jan Wilson and Yorkshire Forward
23.06.2006 23:38
Well, Matilda seems good
Jan Wilson and the Yorkshire Forward organisation I'd like to propose as joint winners of the local Scum of the Earth title for 2006
dh(Bradford)
like that note
23.06.2006 23:38
josh
e-mail:
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Clowning
24.06.2006 02:32
What's life for?
Play is a very important part of the creative process.
Boo to the Corpratist pretend creative industries.
Boo to Sheffield City Council.
Boo to having to take things seriously.
Matilda lives!
twopercenthuman
waste of time?
24.06.2006 08:51
Any other strategic suggestions are welcome o be thrown into the hat.
Personally, I think the clown army are total genius. They get actions done, get issues highlighte and they make it difficult for the police to get justification for being "a tad heavy-handed". If people just want to stand in front of a building with a placard, they are free to do so.
I think above all, at least they are doing SOMETHING and they being peaceful and clever with it.
Hurrah for the clowns!
P.S. Time is a natural resource that will never run out... except for talking apes perhaps.
Spook Plant