Jericho Community Boatyard

Jericho Boatyard


Folder: Oxford
Castle Mill Boatyard was evicted in a dawn raid by brutish British Waterways on 31st May 2006. It's been fenced off and left derelict for more than sixteen years while various proposals have been made to ruin the once-picturesque view with ugly redevelopment.

stop this ghastly development

03 Jul 2007 1 180
proposed flats for Jericho canalside

ugly Spring flats

26 Jul 2007 1 201
on the old boatyard site at Jericho

Spring's proposed flats

26 Jul 2007 1 234
proposed flats for Jericho canalside

St Barnabas behind the flats

26 Jul 2007 1 146
(artist's impression by Valerie Petts)

church hemmed in by high-rise

26 Jul 2007 1 193
(artist's impression by Valerie Petts)

worried Jericho residents

26 Jul 2007 1 109
meeting at St Barnabas Church

hang Spring

25 Aug 2007 1 150
St Barnabas Church by the now deserted Jericho Community Boatyard

Jericho in Peril (1 of 6)

10 Sep 2007 1 128
Spring Residential plans for the boatyard

Jericho in Peril (2 of 6)

Jericho in Peril (3 of 6)

Jericho in Peril (4 of 6)

Jericho in Peril (5 of 6)

author Philip Pullman

29 Sep 2007 1 180
reading from his book 'Lyra's Oxford'

a toast to Lyra

29 Sep 2007 1 115
Philip Pullman on the Jericho canalside

Father Michael blessing the boat

29 Sep 2007 1 159
named after Philip Pullman's Lyra

MP Dr Evan Harris

29 Sep 2007 1 1 146
joining in the canalside protest

'MacSpring the Knife' song

29 Sep 2007 2 236
with words by Heathcote Williams

Lyra's Defiance

29 Sep 2007 1 103
newly named narrowboat

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