As an anti-immigrant encampment dwindles on Basin View, its organisers try to rally
One man who’s been involved has been trying to organise a social event on a nearby council football pitch, something the council says it’s “monitoring”.
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“A lot of avenues are restricted to us because someone else owns it,” says John Ryan of Vsevolod Plotkin. “But no one owns this. It’s public, we can use it.”
“If you see a stylish person with a big bag of clothes, keep an eye on them, see what they’re putting out,” says co-organiser Orla O’Leary.
Owned, via a company, by Teeling Whiskey Company founder Jack Teeling, it’s been sitting empty for years. “It’s an awful waste,” says a local councillor.
The future of their venue at Kelly’s Yard is out of their hands, say the founders. “That said, the show must go on and Le Zeitgeist [Bohemia Flea Market] will carry on!”