Category Archives: Tower

Fitzrovia community newspaper published from March 1973 to December 1979.

Tower Community Newspaper no 57 December 1979

This was the last edition of Tower Community Newspaper ever produced. Fitzrovia’s community newspaper production was taken up by a different team and was published as Fitzrovia Neighbourhood News, the first edition appearing in November 1980. Front Page. Triumph that nearly turned into … Continue reading

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Tower Community Newspaper no 56 September / October 1979

Front Page. EMI: Fitzrovia says: “We told you so”; The long and sordid story of EMI’s development on the Gort Estate has come to a predicable end with news that the ailing electrical company will not now occupy the massive … Continue reading

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Tower Community Newspaper no 55 July / August 1979

Front Page. Health service cuts will hit Fitzrovia; Community Health Council, NHS, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, by Judith Dainton. Cross your digits; plans for Tottenham Court Road police station laid out. EMI again; After 12 years as a caretaker on … Continue reading

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Tower Community Newspaper no 54 June 1979

Front Page. Nick to stay but watch fine print; Tottenham Court Road police station. Meanwhile back at the car park; Camden council have been snubbed by the GLC in their attempt to buy the police station car park site in … Continue reading

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Tower Community Newspaper no 53 March / April 1979

Front Page. Nassau St tenants fight Sheik up; plans to turn housing into luxury hotels for families of private patients of the Middlesex Hospital, by Mike Pentelow. Farewell…; Local activists Patrick Ensor and Judith Thomas are leaving Fitzrovia to live … Continue reading

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Tower Community Newspaper no 52 January / February 1979

Front Page: New homes at last, but for whom? Camden and Westminster councils; Whitfield Street, Percy Buildings; Scala Street, Goodge Place, Fitzroy Street, conway Street, by Stephen Mullin. Frank Dobson chosen as Labour candidate for Holborn and St Pancras, by … Continue reading

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Tower Community Newspaper no 51 November / December 1978

Front Page. Save local nick: the fight is on; Tottenham Court Road police station. Help! Tower needs writers, editors and distributors; Keys for trees; Bedford Square access; Clean gone away: the Warren Baths; Nick Bailey writes about the St Pancras … Continue reading

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Tower Community Newspaper no 50 May / June 1978

Front Page: Playground nears its £18,000 target; Whitfield Street (Place); The Warren. Squatters win court battle; Huntley Street; Police flats. Stop Press! Dispute over Tower editorial; public meeting at Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre; Don Collis, Patrick Ensor.

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Tower Community Newspaper no 49 December 1977

Front Page. Agents caught out at sly tricks; landlords try to hike rent; East Marylebone tenants; Kenneth Baker MP. New survey needs volunteers; housing in Westminster; Community Housing Association; empty homes in Gosfield Street and Middleton Buildings (now Middleton Place). … Continue reading

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Tower Community Newspaper no 48 August 1977

Front Page. ‘Action now’ call by housing survey; housing action area. Rain spares Fitzrovia’s festivities; Fitzrovia Festival. Playground needs £15,000 face-lift; Whitfield Street, Whitfield Place, The Warren. Picture: the happy festival crowd in Charlotte Street. 

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