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Tamar Davies – Interview | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. Tamar Davies – Interview. Importantly, it was never banner-waving, badge-wearing stuff, it really was kitchens, families and kids. The wonderful the thing about the coop is that my mum was part of the founding members she was a single mother with 2 children and the coops primary aim at that point was to house people who couldn’t be housed. SM: I neve...
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Corann Malcolm – Interview | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. Corann Malcolm – Interview. I went to the Co-op meetings early on with my Mum as it was a social thing. Mum would organise fundraisers and dances and most of the Co-op members would be there. There was never a clear divide between my Mum’s socialising and the Co-op. SM: So you’ve grown up in the Co-op . SM: Your Mum was obviously a well-loved figure&...
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Geof Branch – Interview | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. Geof Branch – Interview. We burned our Poll Tax cards in Powis Square, Joe Strummer gave me his card to burn! Steve Mepsted: How different it is today! GB: Absolutely, yeah! SM: So they were staggered? 10 didn’t all come at once? GB: No they didn’t. SM: Were there enough people to fill them, if 10 people came at once? GB: You think it was at Novotel?
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Tony Bennett – Interview | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. Tony Bennett – Interview. I lived in a commune in Wales where we were milking chickens, growing cows and maintaining many personal relationships. It was hard work! Steve Mepsted: You mentioned that you had held a series of positions within the Co-op along the way, what were they? I don’t mind typing up minutes and booking meeting rooms and so on.
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Build Your Own Housing Co-op – Instructions | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. Build Your Own Housing Co-op – Instructions. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION HERE: HOW TO BUILD. YOUR OWN HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). So, what do you think? Welcome t...
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Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay & Memoir | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay & Memoir. The Political Background to the Co-op Solution’ and ‘The Origins of West Eleven Housing Co-operative’: a rough memoir and potted history. As I outlined in Part 1, there were two main elements in the historical background to the development of W11 Housing Co-op:. For co-operatives to be potential contrib...
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF THIS BOOK HERE: W11 CO-OP HISTORIES BOOK. Steve Mepsted 2011 (It’s a large file so be patient). CALL FOR YOUR STORIES! Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). Carol Brown ( nee Robinson.
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Alex Bowling – Interview | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. Alex Bowling – Interview. We decided: lets form a Housing Co-operative! So one evening in the kitchen we put some ideas together. So I moved in here in ’78, when I was 26 or 27 and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me, acquiring my own space! We have very few minimalists in the Co-op! AB: Well no one wanted to live in the area!
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Ben Buchanan – Interview | On Reflection
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The W11 Housing Co-op: Histories. Jason Copeland, Founder Member, Essay and Memoir. The Freeman Family Interview. Build Your Own Housing Co-op Instructions. Ben Buchanan – Interview. It feels like I can almost see the finish line, to have a flat in my own name would be an amazing thing after living for 11 years without one. Steve Mepsted: I’ve known you for a while now as one of the Co-ops un-housed members, what got you to join the Co-op in the first place? SM: Have you ever found it frustrating? SM: Wh...
