Template:Did you know nominations/Oval Mansions
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:41, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
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Oval Mansions
- ... that the one hundred squatters at Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket for free from their roof? Source: Under "Kennington" in The London Encyclopaedia (2008) isbn=9781405049252 page=448 https://books.google.com/books?id=wN_H-__MBpYC&dq and https://www.independent.co.uk/news/for-the-oldest-squatters-in-town-eviction-is-just-not-cricket-1173558.html
- ALT1:... that Ian Dury and Gillian Wearing were amongst the 100 squatters living at Oval Mansions, a property which the owner forgot about for years? Source: Under "Kennington" in The London Encyclopaedia (2008) isbn=9781405049252 page=448 https://books.google.com/books?id=wN_H-__MBpYC&dq and https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/sep/03/criminalising-squatters-hurts-british-music
Created by Mujinga (talk). Self-nominated at 15:29, 14 June 2020 (UTC).
New, long, & neutral enough. Good read. Both hooks check out, except that the period during which "the owner forgot about" the property appears to be at most 18 years, so "over a decade" would be better than "decades". Earwig finds nothing. Main hook GTG, guery re ALT1. Johnbod (talk) 13:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
