TESCO ALFRESCO

Work was disrupted this Tuesday (22nd) at the site of the Tescos development at Durrington near Worthing, when the Titnore Protest Camp held a Picnic Against Tesco. Work on the Tesco mega store has been going on for around two months. The steel frame of the building is already starting to go up in a compound with heavy security. All a few hundred metres from ancient woodland and the likely South Downs National Park boundary.

Around 20 people set up a picnic in front of the gate into the building site, stopping all vehicle access. Two women ate their sandwiches locked to a dumper truck on the site. Others ran an info stall outside the existing Tesco. Most of the workers were sent home for the afternoon and delivery lorries were turned away.

Later the picnic moved over to the protest camp in Titnore Woods. The camp is not yet under immediate eviction threat as the Tesco construction is a field away, but it’s at risk as soon as the housing development begins. Watch this space! Donations and visitors welcome at the camp.

* See www.titnore.wordpress.com.