We had a fantastic 2 hours from 10 am to midday running a petition, six of us based along Biggin Street Cannon Street.
It was a pleasure to meet Howard, whom I recognised from the Forum, and to pose for a flash.
In this short span of time, I used up all my 10 sheets, 100 signatures all counted, and Lorraine had a similar number.
About half the local people who signed were at knowledge of the development plans, the other half had been unaware.
Many Australians and Canadians willingly signed, about 10% of the total number, and two Belgians, and a number of people from other parts of England and, going by the accent, one from Scotland.
The majority were, however, local people.
One lady was undecided, said she'd ask her family and neighbours, and later came back and signed immediately, stating that no-one wanted to know her any more because she hadn't given her support
Only two people (who I spoke with) said they were in favour of development going ahead in the two areas, and so didn't sign.
Some were in a hurry, but of these, a couple came back later and enquired, and then applied their signature.
Not one person signed the petition without being at knowledge of what it was about.
I was taken aback by such great public interest and enthusiasm.
Thanks Howard for the publicity
