Mo, Jun 20, 2005One hot day, 400 hot signatures
On Saturday 18th, at the Hilly Fields Midsummer Fayre organized by the Brockley Society, we launched our new initiative.
As on 8th June, the Mayor issued a new public notice for the new school on the Ladywell Leisure Centre site, we have to re-enter the objections that we already submitted some time ago for the old public notice - that one regarding a school starting first on a temporary site in Leahurst Road.
But this time we have a new objection that we ask all Lewisham to undersign.
It's the popular objection to the public notice to the new school.
This objection will be submitted to the attention of the School Organisation Committee, that has the power to reject Lewisham Council's proposal for a school building to replace the Ladywell Leisure Centre.
We want to collect thousands of signatures at the bottom of this objection, so that when the meeting come the Mayor will not be able to say that there isn't public opposition.
You can also download one objection page, print it, sign and have it signed by your friends, family or collegues.
On Saturday we collected 400 signatures.
Our stall was so popular that at the end of the day even the three Ladywell Councillors present there with the Labour Party stall congratulated us for our success and thanked us for sending so many people to speak to them.
We look forward for the next month of campaigning that will culminate with our stall at the People's day on Mountsfield Park on 9th and 10th July.
It'll also be one year since the start of our campaign that started to take shape at last year's People's day on the wave of indignation for the Mayor's announcement of the closure of the Ladywell Leisure Centre only 2 weeks after its re-opening.
Photos: top - Save Ladywell Pool Campaign secretary Max Calò standing next to New School Campaign secretary John Hamilton
middle - John Hamilton and Brockley Councillor Darren Johnson
bottom - Telegraph Hill Councillor Ian Page
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