SQUATTERS who reopened Friern Barnet Library last year have occupied a much-loved community pub in North Finchley, that closed without warning earlier this year.
Residents were furious when The Bohemia, in High Road, closed in August, the day before it had been due to celebrate its one year anniversary, following a row between the building’s owners, and its tenants.
A petition calling for it to be preserved as a community pub has so far attracted nearly 1,000 signatures.
Activists last night moved into the abandoned boozer, stating their intention to reopen the building as a “community hub”.
Last year the same group staged an occupation and reopening of the axed Friern Barnet Library in Friern Barnet Lane. The council has since handed nine residents a two-year lease to use the building as a community library
On The Bohemia, Phoenix Rainbow, a key member of last year’s library occupation, said: “This pub wasn’t just a pub, this was a community pub and that is what it should be.
BARNET TODAY | NEWS | Friern Barnet Library squatters take over The Bohemia | 2013
... Entirely. It should remain a comunity pub.
ReplyDeletethe local community loves this pub sooooo much and as we saw at the monday community meeting they want a community pub back again, we are discovering the terrrible story of the decimation of our community pubs 26 close per week.
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