Liverpool, Merseyside, 1st May, 2015. Love Activists occupying Liverpool bank building in Castle Street vow to lock themselves in the vault if bailiffs try to evict them. In new tactics today Merseyside Police issue Dispersion Orders to sympathisers providing food and water to the occupiers of the old Bank. Love Activists are resisting a planned eviction from a historic former Liverpool city centre building which they turned into an illegal homeless shelter. Credit: Mar Photographics/Alamy Live News
The ‘Love Activists’ Group have been occupying the old Bank of England on Castle Street since April. On their Facebook page they said: “For ten days, the occupied Bank of Love at 31 Castle Street has given a home to around 50-60 homeless people in our city. We have fed and clothed many more. Now they (the owners) want their building back - a building they have no current plans to use, sell, rent or redevelop. The group have been occupying the old Bank of England on Castle Street since April 1st. Jay Brad, Bailiff Watcher said, “Everyone is safe and well in the building (Castle St Bank) four people including myself are left to offer support on (sic) the group from the ground. The intention is not to leave the building until the demands are met. So far to date no one has responded. We thank everyone for their support." Love Activists Liverpool say "If they attempt to storm the building with police and bailiffs they will lock (themselves) in the vault. Council workmen have now arrived to install fencing around the building, and it is suspected, screens will follow prior to any enforcement action being taken.
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