A group of pupils in east London have seen off – temporarily at least – the workers who had come to dismantle their school street.
Parents gathered outside Chisenhale primary school in Bow, Tower Hamlets, on Thursday morning to show support for the area, which includes a play space protected by a wooden fence, trellised with plants and painted in bright colours.
On Wednesday night, after a parent of one of the pupils at the school spotted men in hi-vis jackets arriving at the site with tools and vans to demolish it, children and parents rallied to defend it.
Rowena Macdonald said: “As soon as they told me they were here to dismantle the street structures I mobilised all the parents and children I could to come and get in their way.”
