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NUNHEAD RESERVOIR
This is a project by Rosanna Thompson about Nunhead Reservoir in South East London; what it meant to people and how we might be able to reclaim it. Listen to the podcast above and take a look at the photos and links below.
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A wide open space with the best views in South London, on top of the world yet hidden from view. Used as if a public park or common, yet owned and officially fenced off by Thames Water, it occupied a liminal staus in between public and private. Now that it has been reenforced by a second, impetentrable fence, I went to record people's stories of the reservoir, search for answers and cause trouble with fellow Friends of Nunhead Reservoir...
All music by Mat Riviere
and Mat Riviere and The Owl Box
TIME OUT MAGAZINE ARTICLE
PAST TENSE BLOG POST ABOUT THE PODCAST
SOUTH LONDON PRESS ARTICLE
Soon to come... , BBC Local News Coverage
Links mentioned
Friends of Nunhead Reservoir Facebook Group
Open Nunhead Reservoir 38 degrees petition
New Cross Commoners
New Cross Commoners Nunhead Res Public Meeting blog post by Rosanna Thompson
Save Southwark Woods Campaign
Essy Blog
Essy Blog- Res, by Zac Lewis
Thame Water Defends Tax Credit After 259m Profit Article by Nick Goodway
Still Waters Project as mentioned by James Marriot from Platform London
Free Like Conduit Water by John Tyre
Twitter #NunheadReservoir
Poem: 'Who Steals the Common from the Goose'
Thanks for your help and participation in the podcast: Jesse Alston and Zac Lewis (extra special thanks!) Isobel Kent, Constance Laisné, Henry, Jessa Mary Mockridge, Elena Colman, Lewis Schaffer, Eleni Pikrodafnis, Andy Williamson, Anne Lander, Sophia Pearsun, Pete Jamieson, Jake Stanning, Paolo Plot, ‘Laura’, Chris Collier, Florina Tudose, Richard Ammhausan, James Marriot, Sophie Thompson... Thanks also to: John Tyre at Past Tense Press, Rowan Powell, Alex Goodman, Tatiana Baskakova, Malcolm Fernandez, Vytautas Rimkevicius, John Reardon, Vyvian Raoul, and everyone who came to the meeting at The Field
Maps
A few photos taken before the new fence
New Fence going up... and how it was at first still accessible
Fence completed...with razor wire
New signs warning of guard dogs
Police spotted on reservoir and anoymous artwork on the new fence
Notice of meeting 'Nunhead Reservoir Public Meeting' held at The Field, and mention on Transpontine Blog
On the Friends of Nunhead Reservoir walk... Putting up banner before reading out poem on enclosures
Fox who heard our poem and came to see if she could be of any help
Finally Thames Water have apologised for the new fence...
Twitter conversations with Thames Water ... click for links...
Photos submitted by Friends of Nunhead Reservoir
