First there were all the local demonstrations outside town halls all over the country which went from vocal to riots, and then came the big day, I only have 3 pictures left.
This is around 4:30 pm according to this account and as far as I was concerned at the time this is when trouble erupted, i only found out later that trouble had actually already been going on for a while but me and
the other people around me were blissfully unaware of any previous ruckus and the police vans trying to drive through a crowd that could not enter Trafalgar square due to the amount of people already there upset us and all hell broke lose.
Another picture taken shortly after.
this one a grainy enlargement from a picture taken from the scaffolding that was later set on fire.
Mental day that was, I remember clearly the police telling us "we're here to help you" while bashing us with their shields, and that is to a bunch of people not actually doing anything reprehensible at the time.
Running past a smashed jewellery shop window and thinking "nope they are a bit too close on my ass for me to stop and shop".
And I got my 15 seconds of fame TV appearance from that day.
we've got a book coming out this month about free-parties and all that nonsense - the inside cover is a wicked photo of Trafalgar Square from one of the anti-CJB marches, taken by Matty Smith:
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