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Walk for Love III


Below is the result of my live tweeting of the third Walk For Love, including a few pics - start at the bottom. More pictures are available on Flickr by clicking on the image above.

The event on Sunday 06 March, started at Poplar DLR station and ended in Cabot Place in Canary Wharf. The aim is to counter with a message of love a hate campaign using stickers to declare part of the East End a "gay free zone"


Next #helpyourselftolove walk on Friday
[11th March]. 6pm Shoreditch Town Hall. See you there people :)
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He said people could come and talk to him about the issue anytime.
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The head of security for Canary Wharf has just been down to chat to us. Very supportive and positive
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RT @MODERN1ST: Help Yourself to LOVE @ Poplar DLR Station http://instagr.am/p/CDGMi/
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Tea and warmth break
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Apparently they've had loads everyday for about a week. And some good CCTV footage...
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been spotted by Canary Wharf's own Big Brother. Their delegate was very friendly. Said they'd been removing stickers
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#helpyourselftolove in Canary Wharf http://twitpic.com/46ua1l
[image reproduced above]
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Police also told us they are making great progress in finding who is behind this hate campaign
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We haven't spotted any stickers so far but were told by police officers that they are actively removing them
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Have walked down Poplar High Street now going towards Canary Wharf
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Walk of love III (@ Poplar DLR Station) http://4sq.com/gWhVJf

You can read about Walk for Love II here.

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