Santas, Training, Nativity – London was moving into the Christmas spirit on Saturday sixth December 2014, with boozy hordes of Santas on the streets and a Fossil Free Nativity Play in Westminster. However a nationwide day of training activism towards tuition charges had additionally been referred to as and I photographed a march in south London.
South London March for Free Training – Clapham
There was a disappointing turnout for the march towards tuition charges which gathered exterior Lambeth School dealing with Clapham Widespread.
It maybe wasn’t a great day to have referred to as for a protest, as many college students will have already got left London to go dwelling for the Christmas break, and others can have been busy with different issues together with Christmas buying. And I’m positive there can have been quite extra operating across the capital in Santa costumes for Santacon.
The marchers included folks from the Nationwide Marketing campaign In opposition to Charges and Cuts, Lambeth Left Unity and South London Defend Training. This was one among quite a lot of occasions going down that day throughout the nation together with others round London.
I walked a brief distance with the march taking just a few pictures earlier than leaving them to take the tube to Westminster. They had been marching to a rally in Brixton the place they anticipated quite extra to attend.
A couple of extra footage at South London March for Free Training.
Fossil Free Nativity – Church buildings Divest! – Broad Sanctuary
Christian Local weather Motion and Occupy organised an entertaining efficiency of a Fossil Free Nativity Play between Westminster Abbey and Methodist Central Corridor, a part of a seamless marketing campaign to get church buildings to disinvest from fossil gas firms.
Among the many members of the forged had been Wesley Ingram who wrote the play and carried out because the Angel Gabriel, and George Barda of Occupy who performed Joseph together with his little one because the child Jesus.
Few of the actors had seen the script earlier than the efficiency and the costumes and props had been attention-grabbing quite than genuine – maybe the very best being the headgear for the Roman troopers.
Their was some energetic music from violin and trumpet and on the finish of the efficiency everybody posed behind the banners calling for the church buildings to divest from fossil fuels. However there was no signal of the clergy from both Westminster Abbey and Methodist Central Corridor,
Extra at Fossil Free Nativity – Church buildings Divest!.
Santacon
Round a thousand younger folks in Santa fits, together with the odd elf, reindeer and different Christmas-themed costumes had been milling across the fringe of Clapham Widespread for the beginning of day-long alcohol-fuelled crawl via London (with a bit of assist from public transport.)
Comparable teams had been ranging from assembly factors in East and North London they usually hoped to fulfill up later within the day at Marble Arch or Hyde Park, although I feel for a lot of the festivities would finish in Trafalgar Sq..
Later within the day I met up with quite extra of the Santas coming from North London near Nice Portland Avenue station, by which period they had been quite merrier. I additionally met a few photographer buddies who had additionally come to take footage. Many of the Santas had been eager to be photographed and fairly just a few additionally received me to take footage on their telephones, although I discovered that quite past me. I hope just a few labored.
I went with them alongside to Baker Avenue taking footage and later within the day wrote:
Hundreds in Santa fits and different Xmas deviations, police attempting arduous to maintain smiling, cans of beer, doubtfully delicate drinks, just some Brussel sprouts within the air, crowded bars, sprawling mass of primarily younger folks having enjoyable on the streets of London. Santacon.
It was getting darkish and though I may nonetheless work it meant utilizing flash and I didn’t really feel the outcomes had been nearly as good. I left them there to make my option to be part of my two buddies who by then had been sitting in one of many nicest pubs within the space and was delighted to discover a pint ready for me on the desk.
Many extra footage at
Santacon Begin in Clapham
Santacon North London
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