by Nick Wates

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	Between 1973 and 1979, a few streets in Central London became the heart of a squatting community fighting to safeguard the area's future while exploring new ways of living. See the Tolmers Gateway for further information. In Tolmers in Colour, Nick Wates, one of the leading campaigners, shares some personal and political memories from his photo archive.
"A brilliant series of photos…" Time Out, 18-24 November 2010 "‘...such a beautiful Tolmers record. The quality of the photos and their presentation in this booklet is superb. The colour in particular gives me a real physical pleasure as if I were looking at some master artist’s paintings. They certainly do make the Tolmers adventure come alive. I am particularly struck by the dancing figures and even more by the charming behaviour towards children – a natural community.’" Giles Heron, author, farmer and historian, letter, January 2011

Tolmers in Colour Memories of a London squatter community Nick Wates with Mae Dewsbery and Caroline Lwin ISBN 978-0-9507259-2-5 Bay Leaf Books, 2011

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As a result of the campaigns recorded in this book, the Georgian streets surrounding Tolmers Square – home to a thriving Asian community – were spared from the bulldozer, less office space than at first proposed was constructed and the area of new development became one of the first schemes in recent years to integrate housing, workspace, shopping and leisure facilities. Sadly the original Square itself was demolished.