HonaloochieB Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I once went on a march to save the GLC. It was abolished anyway.Crushed and devalued I threw away my Woodie Guthrie record and joined the Conservative party. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-206929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.London Suburbs Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 HonaloochieB Wrote:I once went on a march to save the GLC. It was abolished anyway.Ah! The Good Old GLC starring Kenny The Livingstone.Best Holiday Camp this side of The Watford Gap.Stick yer Pontins/Butlins/Maplins and Warners, The GLC was different class...:)-D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-206734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.London Suburbs Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 HonaloochieB Wrote:I once went on a march to save the GLC. It was abolished anyway.Ah! The Good Old GLC starring Kenny The Livingstone.Best Holiday Camp this side of The Watford Gap.Stick yer Pontins/Butlins/Maplins and Warners, The GLC was different class...:)-D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-206934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmora Man Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Ah! The Good Old GLC starring Kenny The Livingstone. I remember those days. Driving back from work at Navy HQ, where I had been trying to monitor the activities of Soviet ballistic missile submarines, and arriving in Ken's "Nuclear Free Zone" - achieved by putting up a few signs here and there. Wondering how Ken's initiative was going to ensure that Moscow didn't target GLC ratepayers. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-206800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmora Man Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Ah! The Good Old GLC starring Kenny The Livingstone. I remember those days. Driving back from work at Navy HQ, where I had been trying to monitor the activities of Soviet ballistic missile submarines, and arriving in Ken's "Nuclear Free Zone" - achieved by putting up a few signs here and there. Wondering how Ken's initiative was going to ensure that Moscow didn't target GLC ratepayers. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Jesus, thanks a lot TLS and MM, I was youngish and idealisticish at the time.I feel all recrushed and devalued now. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Physically pinning a High Court summons on the shoulder of the head of housing at the Tory GLC (pre-Livingstone), after he'd hidden behind lawyers and security guards all afternoon.But perhaps not that revolutionary, given that I was appealing to the law of the land, so to speak.Occupying a 48-flat GLC council block? (same case)Or perhaps serving 3 days in Holloway with a refusal-of-bail form reading 'reason for refusal of bale: crowning of Queen Beatrice'Who knows.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 louisiana - you rock. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 N roll. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 That was of course bail, not bale. Silly me :-SThough I am finding myself increasingly drawn to the rural these days... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
intexasatthe moment Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Flash camping in the playground of my son's school in an effort to keep it a community comprhensive. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Actually it's a funny confusion, 'cos I've just been writing about straw bale houses. Totally Freudian!Thanks PeckhamRose and BBW. I'm feeling old before my time (49 last week!!), but inclining to return to revolutionary roots, be they urban or rural. What goes around...One of these days, I shall get around to framing that refusal of bail form, and it will inspire me every day. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 intexasatthe moment Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Flash camping in the playground of my son's school> in an effort to keep it a community comprhensive.I am *always* in favour of direct action. Well done intexasthe! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 What I like about this flash camping is that you say I'm going to do something, and you don't think 'I can't change anything'. Making your view known will influence so many others, who will maybe get brave too. It's viral, it's insidious, it really does influence others. Say what you think! And have fun while you're doing it! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliecharlie Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Giving Johnny Rotten a load of grief about getting his teeth fixed... some hope!Mind you I was somewhat off my face and he was at very close quarters... Surprisingly, he took it very well...http://www.pedestrian.tv/uploads/images/blogs/484776af62968/JohnnyRotten400x526.gif Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyB Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Once rang up our local MP in the middle of the night, pissed on cheap wine at a teenage house party, to generally harangue him with drunken silliness. We didn't seriously expect him to answer, so we hadn't prepared anything. Although to be fair, he was in the phone book, so what did he expect? Not so much revolutionary as just drunken, but I've been on more than my fare share of demos over the years, so I reckon I'm allowed one moment of idiocy. And I was sixteen.Oh, and I nearly forgot, a friend and I wrote an article for the local paper about what teenagers thought of the poll tax (so 1989), and interviewed lots of kids from our school, but the headmaster refused to let it be published, the git. That was my fledgeling journalistic career up the swanee. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 louisiana Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------Or perhaps serving 3 days in Holloway with arefusal-of-bail form reading 'reason for refusalof bale: crowning of Queen Beatrice'I think I'm a little bit in love. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 O.K hona if you insist. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Sat on a Witch's Hat. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Sat on a Witch's Hat.I feel for you PGC, but shouldn't this be on The Tiny Little Things That Cause You Irrational Rage thread? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Blew up the House of Commons in my brand new shoes then went to bed with a charming young thing Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 You've got my vote Quids.P.s I've put the claim in for the TNT so we should be O.K...........actually............shit.I'll see you in the papers! Mate? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 you light the fuse Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyB Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 you had to edit that twice, BBW? I do hope you haven't been drinking. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 HonaloochieB Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> louisiana Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> Or perhaps serving 3 days in Holloway with a> refusal-of-bail form reading 'reason for refusal> of bale: crowning of Queen Beatrice'> > I think I'm a little bit in love.I'll see you in court ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6448-whats-the-most-revolutionary-thing-youve-ever-done/page/2/#findComment-207241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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