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Norwich Picnic 2001

May 5th was supposed to be the 2001 "Jayday" demo in London, but due to bad weather it was postponed till June. A small picnic happened in Chapelfield Gardens in Norwich, on the day of the Trades Council festival which is held every year there.

In previous years, this event has been a shop window for the Labour party, but this year it's role was much reduced as it turned its back on its working class origins. However, there was a nice sound system there and it seemed happy to provide a diet of chilled reggae and similar stuff as people enjoyed a toke on what turned out to be quite a nice day.

The police did check it out, but seemed happy enough to leave the picnic alone

Norwich, of course, is the home of UKCIA and the CLCIA, but this event wasn't organised by either of these two campaigns, but needless to say we supported it. Photos by Derek