February 15 2008: Castle Mill in the Jericho district of Oxford is the last public boatyard on the Oxford canal and was home to 120 families.Photograph: Jonathan Player /Rex FeaturesMay 31 2006: Opponents barricaded themselves into the boatyard, but were eventually evicted by British Waterways, which owned the site.Photograph: David Hartley/Rex FeaturesMay 31 2006: Policemen gather in the boatyard during the eviction.Photograph: David Hartley/Rex Features
May 31 2006: Protester Martin Wright tries to stop a boat being lifted.Photograph: David Hartley/Rex FeaturesMay 31 2006: A crane lifts one of the canal boats out of the water.Photograph: David Hartley/Rex FeaturesMay 31 2006: Protester Martin Wright stopped by police.Photograph: David Hartley/Rex FeaturesMay 31 2006: Bailiffs at the boatyard move in to evict boaters. Photograph: Press Association
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