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The 2005 Cannabis Education Rally

2005 saw a change from the previous years march and festival in Brockwell Park. Because of problems with the PEL the event moved to central London - Trafalgar Square. The weather during the week before had been cold and windy, but the day (Sunday 15th May) dawned sunny and it just got better. A clear blue sky and warm sunshine was the order of the day, all day.

I didn't get to see the march this year, as I was tied up in the square coaxing a dodgey sound rig into life - nice bit of kit, it just didn't work very well. But it all came together apart from one blown fuse and I got a bit of sunburn.

There was a very impressive range of speakers:

Photos from the day here

Roger Warren Evans
Damien Turner
Chris Baldwin LCA Worthing
Caroline Coon
Shane Collins
Andrea Efthimiou-Mordaunt from ENCOD
Alun Buffry
Will Rodgers
Greg Fox-Smith
Helen Sello
Zerrin Atakan's speech (read by Andy Cornwall) (Text version here)
Howard Marks
"Grandma" Patricia Tabram LCA Neath
Lee Harris
Silence for the recent victims of the drug war
Peter Thatchell
Sheriff from Crystals Coffeeshop
Rocky van de Benderskum, LCA Canterbury
Steve Pank
Mark Gibson (text only) LCA Cumbria and THC4MS
David Crane LCA North London contact
Jeff Ditchfeild
Richard Parry
Tony Taylor
Denis Peron
George Melly
Enthogen defence (OT mushrooms)
Free Rob (part - start missed)
Free Rob reprise
Rev Paul
Rick of Norwich LCA
Susanna from Brazille
THTC rapper
Will Rodgers (reprise)
Winston Matthews, LCA Surrey East

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