The 2005 Cannabis Education Rally
Sunday 15th May
2005 saw a change from the previous years march and festival in Brockwell Park. Because of problems with the PEL the event moved to central London - Trafalgar Square. The weather during the week before had been cold and windy, but the day (Sunday 15th May) dawned sunny and it just got better. A clear blue sky and warm sunshine was the order of the day, all day.
I didn't get to see the march this year, as I was tied up in the square coaxing a dodgey sound rig into life - nice bit of kit, it just didn't work very well. But it all came together apart from one blown fuse and I got a bit of sunburn.
There was a very impressive range of speakers:
Roger Warren Evans
Damien Turner
Chris Baldwin LCA Worthing
Caroline Coon
Shane
Collins
Andrea Efthimiou-Mordaunt
from ENCOD
Alun Buffry
Will Rodgers
Greg
Fox-Smith
Helen
Sello
Zerrin Atakan's
speech (read by Andy Cornwall)
Howard Marks
"Grandma"
Patricia Tabram LCA Neath
Lee
Harris
Silence
for the recent victims of the drug war
Peter
Thatchell
Sheriff from Crystals Coffeeshop
Rocky van de Benderskum, LCA Canterbury
Steve Pank
Mark Gibson LCA Cumbria and THC4MS
David Crane LCA North London contact
Jeff Ditchfeild
Richard Parry
Tony Taylor
Denis Peron
George Melly
Enthogen defence (OT mushrooms)
Free Rob
Free Rob reprise
Rev Paul
Rick of Norwich LCA
Susanna from Brazille
THTC rapper
Will Rodgers (reprise)
Winston Matthews, LCA Surrey East
