Massive Silent Walk for Grenfell Anniversary
Notting Hill, London. Thu 14 Jun 2018
People fill a large area under the Westway and along the road as they
wait to march
One of the Grenfell community association leaders sees me taking her
picture
and a friend poses with her
The covered Grenfell Tower above the Grenfell heart calling for JUSTICE
and behind another heart calling for PEACE
People wait for the march to start
A woman has some fine face paint
The march starts as I am walking past the Methodist Church
Among the marchers are many people I have photographed before - including
this Grenfell nursery worker and her mother
and Notting Hill community organiser Niles Hailstones carrying a yellow
heart with the message 'PHOENIX'
People wait on the steps of the Methodist Church as I try to get out
of the way
The march pauses briefly on Lancaster Rd - with Grenfell Tower still
visible behind it
The sides of the street are densely packed with people, most of whom
will join the march later
Stewards keep people away from the front of the march
Some carry photographs of those who died
Firefighters line both sides of Ladbroke Grove in respect
The march approaches
People stop to shake hands and thank the fire-fighters. Some embrace
them.
While some papers and middle-class commentators try to shift blame
onto the firefighters, the community has
no doubt that they are heroes who did far more than could be expected,
some going back five times into the
burning building. They didn't clad it with highly combustible material,
ignore obvious safety issues pointed out
by residents, engage 'experts' to avoid proper fire inspections....
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