London Olympics 2012
Allotments Video clips
Manor Gardens Allotments were more than 100 years old. The allotments have been swept aside to make way for a walk way for the Olympic games, an event lasting 4 weeks.
The Olympic Delivery Authority claim the London 2012 Olympics will be the greenest yet. Despite alternative proposals from the plot holders the allotments have been destroyed and the plot holders relocated to Marsh Lane, a site on Lammas (common) lands on the otherside of the Lea Valley.
The new site is like a UN refugee camp with identical sheds. It is also water logged due to the need to seal in polluted soil with an impenetrable membrane, so many plot holders cannot cultivate their land due to flooding.
The plot holders have been promised they will be able to move back to their site after the games.
The Late Manor Gardens Allotments
Allottment Owners Alternative Plans
The Campaign to keep Manor Gardens Allotments
Allotments and the Lammas Lands
Debating the 'Olympic Legacy'
Problems with the Marsh Lane Allotments
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In this section...
- Introduction
- Allotments Video clips
- Blue Wall
- River Lee and waterways
- Stratford City
- Hackney Marsh Football- Johnnie Walker Interview
- Articles on London Olympics
- Fog of Games: Legacy, Land Grabs and Liberty
- Wanstead Flats
- Local Businesses and the London Olympics
- Rachel Mawhood on Greenwich Park - 2011
- Paralympics and ATOS
- Links to other Olympic videos
- Blog on the Olympics
- Help Spectacle to make this film!
- Links