Summary of key events. Anything missing? Please contact us.
1972 | Tolmers Square becomes prominent in the press as a property development hotspot. | |
1973 | Tolmer Cinema closed and demolished. Squatters start moving into empty houses. Tolmers Village Association formed. Occupied house collapses. | |
1974 | Vacant land in Drummond Street occupied for a community garden. Fencing around former cinema site taken down. First Tolmers carnival. | |
1975 | Anti eviction campaign by squatters. High Court action by developer to evict squatters fails. | |
1976 | Camden Council buys land from developer. | |
1977 | Temporary landscaping in Tolmers Square by Camden Council. | |
1978 | ||
1979 | Eviction of south side of Tolmers Square and all remaining other squats in the area. Last Tolmers carnival. Eviction of north side of Tolmers Square. | |
1982 | Formal opening of the new Tolmers development by local MP Frank Dobson. | |
2019 | Further demolition starts in the area due to HS2 high speed rail project terminating at Euston. | |
2021 | Launch of Tolmers.net |