Taking Liberties

In June of this year I wrote this blog about the Liberty of Norton Folgate  and how the plucky folk at The Light Bar pub were launching a campaign to save it from demolition having enlisted the help of Tracey Emin, local MP George Galloway , Suggs off of Madness  and some ancient documents in the Guildhall Library which could have changed the political map of London forever. They were going to take it all the way to the courts. Heady stuff. But it's over. Developer Hammerson and Bandol Estates who own the leasehold of the bar reached an out of court settlement days before the High Court case. The plan is to find an alternative location for the Light Bar in the Shoreditch area, which may mean the eventual demolition of the original.