good afternoon everybody
thank you thank you first of all thank
you for everybody coming down I know the
weather isn’t exactly perfect today but
more than excuse to being here so my
name is John your briefer and I’ll be
talking to you today basically about a
seat at the table and also about my
projects
I mean first will win and Ted asked me
was actually due to talk actually
dropped out to opportunity because I
think to have a seat at the table can
mean many different things it could mean
basically you know in terms of business
and some of the family but I want to
focus more on community so first of all
I tell you a bit about myself as you see
both sides are working could be might
have a few technical issues so if not
just bear with me here we go so me
myself drawn your brief are very very
local super local born in King’s College
Hospital and I grew up with North Dakota
State and went to school in st. Francis
and say it’s always your possible so
that’s as that’s as local as you get
yeah thank you very much thank you very
much
so basically I grew up most of my entire
life here and basically yeah I kind of
seen pick’em change a lot from from the
days so going to school in Peckham at
the time in the like OC sure my age now
late 80s 1990s Peckham was in a kind of
different place when I was very very
young growing up I remember Neverland
Norfolk Emma state used to be a lot of
like Irish families white families that
sort of thing as well and also it was
more Caribbean ethnic than the Africans
that moving in the late 90s for me
personally I didn’t necessarily as you
can see a pic oh look at that look at
that face yep that’s me basically I
didn’t necessarily feel part of what the
stereotypical young black youth grown up
in picking was into so where else people
were you know listening to a lot of
hip-hop orientated music watching
programs like The Cosby Show and The
Fresh Prince that I was into that but
not so much my background or my time or
into a more punk rock music
skateboarding
was wearing my event and converse back
in the 1990s before they were
fashionable I’ll probably gain some
memories a beginning laughter I think I
brought what you wearing so I went
through all that sort of thing and
drooling through the school period I had
wanted to issues at the time I was quite
young so it wasn’t necessarily knew how
to deal that sort of thing so when it
came to a point where I finished
secondary school I decided to do what
most people would do in that situation I
ran away as far as possible from South
London and trained rock metal band as a
drummer and basically as you can see yes
I play drums once upon a time I started
drumming in a metal band and that
picture there you can see my brother up
there and stuff at that so it was quite
interesting for me because I joined a
kind of community of like-minded people
at a time and for me it was the first
time I started feeling not understand
about community and what community meant
so in the punk rock and UK hardcore
scene as is called
I met a lot of people of all sorts of
colours all sorts of genders all sorts
of background but we had a common goal
and it was about being inclusive doesn’t
matter you know if you came from South
London massive view from Belgium didn’t
matter from where you’re from but we had
a common goal and we were helping people
out and that was something I never felt
before mines growing up so for me it was
quite an interesting thing thinking okay
you know people do care it doesn’t
matter where I’m from but they care
about me also at that time I started
doing photography I started doing
photography through my older brother he
did a lot of like darkroom stuff and me
being a young boy I used to open a room
and really his prints and stuff like
that but I learned a few beatings but
anyway but what was quite interesting
free photography is a way of actually
you know expressing yourself so I
started learning photography and then I
started realizing this is a way to
actually express what I’m feeling so
initially I started doing landscape
photography and for me with landscape
photography it’s something quite it’s
quite a cathartic experience where you
you know I’d wake up early in the
morning
or hundreds and hundreds of miles before
that I told my wife tonight before like
I’m going out and I just go out at like
4:00 in the morning come back for the
next morning to do prints like this or
images like this and for me it was quite
there’s a connection mentally I’ve
actually sitting down think about the
images think about the print and also
just think about you know what it means
to be in that moment today most people
are photographers I’m a Fink I’m a few
technical issues here here we go most
people are photographers everyone has
smartphones everybody has in our tablets
point-and-shoots
that sort of thing and also people are
into videography a lot of people you ask
me like why do you do videography why do
you get into that but for me it’s quite
the technical science of – tog Rafi I’m
not going to bore you of like you know
aperture shutter speeds tripods all that
sort of stuff which I can do if you want
to but for me it’s just a connection
about that and also for me I started
thinking mentally is this something to
do with mean where am i running away
from Peckham at the time sort of thing
getting away a lot my images were quite
bleak we’re quiet you know empty and I
start thinking is there something within
myself or there’s something
subconsciously making me want to do
these sort of images he sort of prints
and I still think I’m okay so so anyway
eventually I actually came back to
Peckham because I think I traveled a lot
with the band I was in yes we did – yes
we did and also you know I am but there
was a drum peel session somewhere on the
internet if you know who drum peel is
then you know that means quite something
but anywho so eventually like a
boomerang always keep going back to pick
up so no matter where I go or what I do
always come back to pickin and then
around 2011 2012 once I did come back to
pick him I started noticing changes
within the area you know some of the
houses were changing
obviously people are local that the Polo
heard of the hay gate and LVS date
things getting knocked down and people
started mentioning that word then
keyword gentrification that word and
people saying oh you know the area
started changed in
you know this is happening that’s
happening and obviously the massive
thing would would döner state with
people who are local know they’ve got
knocked down with just left derelict for
absolutely years and years and years
so start peaking might increase so what
is this gentrification of what does it
mean and also what is happening within
the council as well the reason why I say
that because myself I lived in an or
pick a mistake back in the days and for
those who don’t know once upon a time
nor pick a mistake was built in 1969 to
1975 at the time is quite a contemporary
estate for a lot of people to move in
and it is quite at the time a high-tech
SD but through the 1970s in the 80s and
the 90s then obviously reputations
dropped muggings break-ins
you know gangs a little pick and boys
ypb where that sort of stuff started
happening and the reputation changed but
at the same time Southwark council at
the end of the after download the Taylor
murder by investing and knocking down
the council her the yesterday’s but
moving people to council houses so
myself and my family we actually
benefited from that situation we moved
into a council maisonette and it was in
a very nice place but it was council
built but now there’s a sea change in
the council they’re selling off land to
private investors to housing
associations server so forth so that
gentrification issue became it was
becoming more probably not prominent I’m
thinking I’ve got a major technical
problem because my slides of all
disappeared but let me just talk so
basically it I came back into 2011 2004
started taking pictures and images off
Peckham
first of all trust me they’re quite good
but unfortunately can’t see them cue
them yay Peckham rye lane so yeah so
basically I start taking certain
pictures of pick’em and what I try to do
initially was actually do it in a way
which matches show pick them up or to be
quite beautiful artistic you know even
abstract because I’m pretty sure almost
two who do even pick them have never
seen raylene as empty and clean as that
so
because you clear I laid on the Saturday
afternoon is Luke he’s like you know
you’re at the bus stop like that trying
to get a free for free or one seven six
or one seven one sorry so I started
doing a few these images like that and I
want to show people that Peckham in more
than just you know the reputation you
know that are full of gangster gangsters
and drugs and so on and so forth there’s
a lot of people in pickin and a lot of
sub communities we’ve been pickin so
initially has it changed it my dream
does it yay
so basically this is so again I want to
do something rabbit artistic so those of
you who know this is Burgess Park and
that’s that basically the Colburn
primary school but I want to show up in
a way that it looks kind of artistic it
makes you look you know what Peckham and
Campbell’s actually beautiful I’m
actually proud to live in this area
there is something which I could
actually thank you very much thank you
but it’s basically something that you
know Peckham can well a lot of South
London does get a very bad rep so it’s
something that I actually wanted to sell
to people actually it’s not but at the
same time people saying oh yeah but
you’re respondent would range
indications make it look too good so
it’s a yes I hold my hands up but at the
same time it’s one of those things and
maybe trying to sell you know the area
to make it look good but in also going
back to my said to begin about maybe
running away from the era I start
thinking myself well maybe I’ve got to
start talking to people people will be
in the air and people you know who live
in pickin so at first back in 2012 I
started taking picture at pictures
people so this is like riling pick’em
train station with the advent of
Instagram there’s a lot of people taking
pictures in the area which is really
really awesome you know I love the fact
that different anyone could pick up a
picture camera and start taking pictures
of anything because every single person
in this room has a different view of
what the local here is so you know I
don’t want to ever hold exclusivity to
what Peckham should look like or
whatever is this is like how I want to
show off so when I started doing this
back in 2011 2012 it was quite nervous
to just like stick a big lens someone’s
face and let me take a picture of you so
people like you know probably doing so I
was like I’ve kind of like doing it kind
of artistically I’ve got a massive
telephoto lens Dargis like doing a few
toes
and then eventually I start saying well
if I actually want to get a real feel
for what pick’em is all about I’ve
actually got to start actually stopping
and talking to people so eventually I
went up to a few friends it might take a
picture what for
so we start doing a few images but then
within that actually wants to actually
after specific questions ranging from
like how long we lived in the area do
you feel part of a community
are you happy the changes gone on the
area do you see yourself living here in
the next five years the reason why after
the specific questions is to get a gauge
feel for the community because what I
started finding out was a lot of people
are moving in and moving out of the area
quite a lot of students quite a lot of
people are flat sharing and so on and so
forth
also I start finding out as well is that
a lot of people started getting really
cautious
why’re you asking me these questions do
you work for a council are you going to
kick me out but as as funny as it is
it’s also quite disconcerting because at
the same time people start to get a
starter fear what the Capitals about
because we all know you know but a lot
of people dunno but happening Ellsbury
and hey gay people getting displaced
people get moved out of the area so a
lot of people are starting getting weary
like if I say something am I gonna get
kicked out you know I mean so it’s quite
a shame but then also at the same time
you know there are real problems here
there are real problems of rising rents
they’re real problem of homelessness and
these are things we see you know I’ve
seen people and pick them right Park
sleeping in tents
I’ve seen people in burgess parks
sleeping on benches in the morning I go
to work so you know I wanted to get it’s
a game what is actually going on and
also regarding homelessness and
homelessness has actually changed how
many people you know I know a few people
who that you know couchsurfing which is
technically being homeless and that’s
happening will be impecca man I’m not
gonna name with the area but you know
it’s it’s real and it’s happening so
basically my project wants us to cover a
whole spectrum of the things and also
it’s there’s no real end date to it but
it’s just really try to find out what is
going on on our doorstep so I know my
images are still not changing so Dan you
yeah okay so basically these are some of
the pictures of you taking a street
photography or just people within the
street or Peckham this is like right
lane of like a whole family walking past
or stuff at that but again he’s trying
to make it look a bit different tries to
sell Peckham and the people and the
diversity of him pick up because Peckham
is a very very diverse area and I think
going back to my thing at the beginning
about not feeling life its then sort of
thing I actually do this project
actually made me reconnect and made me
realize actually a lot of the problems I
had or perceived fall on the head at the
beginning was with myself because a lot
of people were actually willing to
accept me but I was actually put off by
a few one or two experiences but the
important thing about having a seats at
the table has this whole you know talk
is about today is being first of all
strong enough to have strenght for your
own convictions yes I might not be the
you know typical archetypal black boy
would grow up in 80’s and 90’s but at
the same time I do have a voice and
through this project is me but putting a
voice out there and the fact is you know
as other people or like I said
complaining what could be a photographer
anyone could do anything if it could be
through video could be for anything but
be you know be very wary that we all
have a voice we all have a voice and
we’ll have a voice in our community and
before I finish I don’t know about a few
instances that are few experience I had
doing this project in a situation which
myself and my wife was that before as a
local park and basically there was it
was a thing for I don’t want to sound
too crass but a certain demographic of
people and Peckham were there and then
during that the event a few people came
in and we’re asking like oh could I have
a few of the cakes here but they were
from the estate’s an expression on the
people who actually organizing it were
like oh I suppose you can take some and
that’s got stuck out with me because the
fact of the matter is even within
Peckham there are so many different
communities you know Billund and Road is
a miles apart from friary estates you
don’t I mean that is a thing which you
know as a community is that a good thing
or a bad thing and also we need to ask
ourselves open question
you know I’m trying to get an image up
here my son which was in pick’em levels
but what I want to talk about with a
pick’em level situation is to me it was
st. Brees I don’t have you guys you know
a bidding for a long time girl so I
remember it being same freeze then I
remember it being empty for years and
years and years and what in there start
taking photos and so on and so forth and
it was it was free derelict and now that
it’s been into it’s changed into peckham
levels I’ve tried to go back there try
to save can I take some photos here
I think were to try me three or four
hundred pounds so in terms of that is it
a good thing is it a bad thing that’s a
question because the facts are matter is
it’s a business and then I tried to help
the community but at the same time is
there a value to that so these a
question we should ask ourselves and
also another point I want to raise as
well if somebody who’s lived in the area
for 20 years but I’ve not not actually
added to the community do they have more
of a voice of somebody who wants to move
into the area and invest again there’s
no right or wrong wrong answer to that
but something I just want to put out
there for everybody because the fact is
every single person in this room is a
part of a community
it could be Peckham it could be New
Cross it could be Stratford but then are
we happy of how we input into our own
communities so basically that’s the main
part of this project like I said it’s
never-ending
because it’s started in 2012 and there’s
no end date but um it’s just an
interesting thing that I’m testing
myself and testing the people around
here the we are all part of this
community we all deserve a seat at any
table and it’s very very important for
us to make sure we make our voices heard
and basically shaped where community
goes in the future and rain my time is
up my name is John your briefer have a
great afternoon thank you much [Applause]
thank you thank you first of all thank
you for everybody coming down I know the
weather isn’t exactly perfect today but
more than excuse to being here so my
name is John your briefer and I’ll be
talking to you today basically about a
seat at the table and also about my
projects
I mean first will win and Ted asked me
was actually due to talk actually
dropped out to opportunity because I
think to have a seat at the table can
mean many different things it could mean
basically you know in terms of business
and some of the family but I want to
focus more on community so first of all
I tell you a bit about myself as you see
both sides are working could be might
have a few technical issues so if not
just bear with me here we go so me
myself drawn your brief are very very
local super local born in King’s College
Hospital and I grew up with North Dakota
State and went to school in st. Francis
and say it’s always your possible so
that’s as that’s as local as you get
yeah thank you very much thank you very
much
so basically I grew up most of my entire
life here and basically yeah I kind of
seen pick’em change a lot from from the
days so going to school in Peckham at
the time in the like OC sure my age now
late 80s 1990s Peckham was in a kind of
different place when I was very very
young growing up I remember Neverland
Norfolk Emma state used to be a lot of
like Irish families white families that
sort of thing as well and also it was
more Caribbean ethnic than the Africans
that moving in the late 90s for me
personally I didn’t necessarily as you
can see a pic oh look at that look at
that face yep that’s me basically I
didn’t necessarily feel part of what the
stereotypical young black youth grown up
in picking was into so where else people
were you know listening to a lot of
hip-hop orientated music watching
programs like The Cosby Show and The
Fresh Prince that I was into that but
not so much my background or my time or
into a more punk rock music
skateboarding
was wearing my event and converse back
in the 1990s before they were
fashionable I’ll probably gain some
memories a beginning laughter I think I
brought what you wearing so I went
through all that sort of thing and
drooling through the school period I had
wanted to issues at the time I was quite
young so it wasn’t necessarily knew how
to deal that sort of thing so when it
came to a point where I finished
secondary school I decided to do what
most people would do in that situation I
ran away as far as possible from South
London and trained rock metal band as a
drummer and basically as you can see yes
I play drums once upon a time I started
drumming in a metal band and that
picture there you can see my brother up
there and stuff at that so it was quite
interesting for me because I joined a
kind of community of like-minded people
at a time and for me it was the first
time I started feeling not understand
about community and what community meant
so in the punk rock and UK hardcore
scene as is called
I met a lot of people of all sorts of
colours all sorts of genders all sorts
of background but we had a common goal
and it was about being inclusive doesn’t
matter you know if you came from South
London massive view from Belgium didn’t
matter from where you’re from but we had
a common goal and we were helping people
out and that was something I never felt
before mines growing up so for me it was
quite an interesting thing thinking okay
you know people do care it doesn’t
matter where I’m from but they care
about me also at that time I started
doing photography I started doing
photography through my older brother he
did a lot of like darkroom stuff and me
being a young boy I used to open a room
and really his prints and stuff like
that but I learned a few beatings but
anyway but what was quite interesting
free photography is a way of actually
you know expressing yourself so I
started learning photography and then I
started realizing this is a way to
actually express what I’m feeling so
initially I started doing landscape
photography and for me with landscape
photography it’s something quite it’s
quite a cathartic experience where you
you know I’d wake up early in the
morning
or hundreds and hundreds of miles before
that I told my wife tonight before like
I’m going out and I just go out at like
4:00 in the morning come back for the
next morning to do prints like this or
images like this and for me it was quite
there’s a connection mentally I’ve
actually sitting down think about the
images think about the print and also
just think about you know what it means
to be in that moment today most people
are photographers I’m a Fink I’m a few
technical issues here here we go most
people are photographers everyone has
smartphones everybody has in our tablets
point-and-shoots
that sort of thing and also people are
into videography a lot of people you ask
me like why do you do videography why do
you get into that but for me it’s quite
the technical science of – tog Rafi I’m
not going to bore you of like you know
aperture shutter speeds tripods all that
sort of stuff which I can do if you want
to but for me it’s just a connection
about that and also for me I started
thinking mentally is this something to
do with mean where am i running away
from Peckham at the time sort of thing
getting away a lot my images were quite
bleak we’re quiet you know empty and I
start thinking is there something within
myself or there’s something
subconsciously making me want to do
these sort of images he sort of prints
and I still think I’m okay so so anyway
eventually I actually came back to
Peckham because I think I traveled a lot
with the band I was in yes we did – yes
we did and also you know I am but there
was a drum peel session somewhere on the
internet if you know who drum peel is
then you know that means quite something
but anywho so eventually like a
boomerang always keep going back to pick
up so no matter where I go or what I do
always come back to pickin and then
around 2011 2012 once I did come back to
pick him I started noticing changes
within the area you know some of the
houses were changing
obviously people are local that the Polo
heard of the hay gate and LVS date
things getting knocked down and people
started mentioning that word then
keyword gentrification that word and
people saying oh you know the area
started changed in
you know this is happening that’s
happening and obviously the massive
thing would would döner state with
people who are local know they’ve got
knocked down with just left derelict for
absolutely years and years and years
so start peaking might increase so what
is this gentrification of what does it
mean and also what is happening within
the council as well the reason why I say
that because myself I lived in an or
pick a mistake back in the days and for
those who don’t know once upon a time
nor pick a mistake was built in 1969 to
1975 at the time is quite a contemporary
estate for a lot of people to move in
and it is quite at the time a high-tech
SD but through the 1970s in the 80s and
the 90s then obviously reputations
dropped muggings break-ins
you know gangs a little pick and boys
ypb where that sort of stuff started
happening and the reputation changed but
at the same time Southwark council at
the end of the after download the Taylor
murder by investing and knocking down
the council her the yesterday’s but
moving people to council houses so
myself and my family we actually
benefited from that situation we moved
into a council maisonette and it was in
a very nice place but it was council
built but now there’s a sea change in
the council they’re selling off land to
private investors to housing
associations server so forth so that
gentrification issue became it was
becoming more probably not prominent I’m
thinking I’ve got a major technical
problem because my slides of all
disappeared but let me just talk so
basically it I came back into 2011 2004
started taking pictures and images off
Peckham
first of all trust me they’re quite good
but unfortunately can’t see them cue
them yay Peckham rye lane so yeah so
basically I start taking certain
pictures of pick’em and what I try to do
initially was actually do it in a way
which matches show pick them up or to be
quite beautiful artistic you know even
abstract because I’m pretty sure almost
two who do even pick them have never
seen raylene as empty and clean as that
so
because you clear I laid on the Saturday
afternoon is Luke he’s like you know
you’re at the bus stop like that trying
to get a free for free or one seven six
or one seven one sorry so I started
doing a few these images like that and I
want to show people that Peckham in more
than just you know the reputation you
know that are full of gangster gangsters
and drugs and so on and so forth there’s
a lot of people in pickin and a lot of
sub communities we’ve been pickin so
initially has it changed it my dream
does it yay
so basically this is so again I want to
do something rabbit artistic so those of
you who know this is Burgess Park and
that’s that basically the Colburn
primary school but I want to show up in
a way that it looks kind of artistic it
makes you look you know what Peckham and
Campbell’s actually beautiful I’m
actually proud to live in this area
there is something which I could
actually thank you very much thank you
but it’s basically something that you
know Peckham can well a lot of South
London does get a very bad rep so it’s
something that I actually wanted to sell
to people actually it’s not but at the
same time people saying oh yeah but
you’re respondent would range
indications make it look too good so
it’s a yes I hold my hands up but at the
same time it’s one of those things and
maybe trying to sell you know the area
to make it look good but in also going
back to my said to begin about maybe
running away from the era I start
thinking myself well maybe I’ve got to
start talking to people people will be
in the air and people you know who live
in pickin so at first back in 2012 I
started taking picture at pictures
people so this is like riling pick’em
train station with the advent of
Instagram there’s a lot of people taking
pictures in the area which is really
really awesome you know I love the fact
that different anyone could pick up a
picture camera and start taking pictures
of anything because every single person
in this room has a different view of
what the local here is so you know I
don’t want to ever hold exclusivity to
what Peckham should look like or
whatever is this is like how I want to
show off so when I started doing this
back in 2011 2012 it was quite nervous
to just like stick a big lens someone’s
face and let me take a picture of you so
people like you know probably doing so I
was like I’ve kind of like doing it kind
of artistically I’ve got a massive
telephoto lens Dargis like doing a few
toes
and then eventually I start saying well
if I actually want to get a real feel
for what pick’em is all about I’ve
actually got to start actually stopping
and talking to people so eventually I
went up to a few friends it might take a
picture what for
so we start doing a few images but then
within that actually wants to actually
after specific questions ranging from
like how long we lived in the area do
you feel part of a community
are you happy the changes gone on the
area do you see yourself living here in
the next five years the reason why after
the specific questions is to get a gauge
feel for the community because what I
started finding out was a lot of people
are moving in and moving out of the area
quite a lot of students quite a lot of
people are flat sharing and so on and so
forth
also I start finding out as well is that
a lot of people started getting really
cautious
why’re you asking me these questions do
you work for a council are you going to
kick me out but as as funny as it is
it’s also quite disconcerting because at
the same time people start to get a
starter fear what the Capitals about
because we all know you know but a lot
of people dunno but happening Ellsbury
and hey gay people getting displaced
people get moved out of the area so a
lot of people are starting getting weary
like if I say something am I gonna get
kicked out you know I mean so it’s quite
a shame but then also at the same time
you know there are real problems here
there are real problems of rising rents
they’re real problem of homelessness and
these are things we see you know I’ve
seen people and pick them right Park
sleeping in tents
I’ve seen people in burgess parks
sleeping on benches in the morning I go
to work so you know I wanted to get it’s
a game what is actually going on and
also regarding homelessness and
homelessness has actually changed how
many people you know I know a few people
who that you know couchsurfing which is
technically being homeless and that’s
happening will be impecca man I’m not
gonna name with the area but you know
it’s it’s real and it’s happening so
basically my project wants us to cover a
whole spectrum of the things and also
it’s there’s no real end date to it but
it’s just really try to find out what is
going on on our doorstep so I know my
images are still not changing so Dan you
yeah okay so basically these are some of
the pictures of you taking a street
photography or just people within the
street or Peckham this is like right
lane of like a whole family walking past
or stuff at that but again he’s trying
to make it look a bit different tries to
sell Peckham and the people and the
diversity of him pick up because Peckham
is a very very diverse area and I think
going back to my thing at the beginning
about not feeling life its then sort of
thing I actually do this project
actually made me reconnect and made me
realize actually a lot of the problems I
had or perceived fall on the head at the
beginning was with myself because a lot
of people were actually willing to
accept me but I was actually put off by
a few one or two experiences but the
important thing about having a seats at
the table has this whole you know talk
is about today is being first of all
strong enough to have strenght for your
own convictions yes I might not be the
you know typical archetypal black boy
would grow up in 80’s and 90’s but at
the same time I do have a voice and
through this project is me but putting a
voice out there and the fact is you know
as other people or like I said
complaining what could be a photographer
anyone could do anything if it could be
through video could be for anything but
be you know be very wary that we all
have a voice we all have a voice and
we’ll have a voice in our community and
before I finish I don’t know about a few
instances that are few experience I had
doing this project in a situation which
myself and my wife was that before as a
local park and basically there was it
was a thing for I don’t want to sound
too crass but a certain demographic of
people and Peckham were there and then
during that the event a few people came
in and we’re asking like oh could I have
a few of the cakes here but they were
from the estate’s an expression on the
people who actually organizing it were
like oh I suppose you can take some and
that’s got stuck out with me because the
fact of the matter is even within
Peckham there are so many different
communities you know Billund and Road is
a miles apart from friary estates you
don’t I mean that is a thing which you
know as a community is that a good thing
or a bad thing and also we need to ask
ourselves open question
you know I’m trying to get an image up
here my son which was in pick’em levels
but what I want to talk about with a
pick’em level situation is to me it was
st. Brees I don’t have you guys you know
a bidding for a long time girl so I
remember it being same freeze then I
remember it being empty for years and
years and years and what in there start
taking photos and so on and so forth and
it was it was free derelict and now that
it’s been into it’s changed into peckham
levels I’ve tried to go back there try
to save can I take some photos here
I think were to try me three or four
hundred pounds so in terms of that is it
a good thing is it a bad thing that’s a
question because the facts are matter is
it’s a business and then I tried to help
the community but at the same time is
there a value to that so these a
question we should ask ourselves and
also another point I want to raise as
well if somebody who’s lived in the area
for 20 years but I’ve not not actually
added to the community do they have more
of a voice of somebody who wants to move
into the area and invest again there’s
no right or wrong wrong answer to that
but something I just want to put out
there for everybody because the fact is
every single person in this room is a
part of a community
it could be Peckham it could be New
Cross it could be Stratford but then are
we happy of how we input into our own
communities so basically that’s the main
part of this project like I said it’s
never-ending
because it’s started in 2012 and there’s
no end date but um it’s just an
interesting thing that I’m testing
myself and testing the people around
here the we are all part of this
community we all deserve a seat at any
table and it’s very very important for
us to make sure we make our voices heard
and basically shaped where community
goes in the future and rain my time is
up my name is John your briefer have a
great afternoon thank you much [Applause]
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