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Article: Tepee village left at mercy of big chief Redwood
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 12, 1996
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the world-famous Tepee Village in a valley near Carmarthen in
west Wales - home to several hundred New Age travellers, rainbow
hippies and former homeless people - is facing the threat of
destruction.
John Redwood, the Secretary of State for Wales, must decide
whether to grant one of the leading tepee dwellers, Brig Oubridge,
formerly of Brentford, west London, a certificate of lawful use,
allowing him to remain in his canvas home.
If this test case goes against Mr Oubridge, it will remove the
final barrier to council eviction of the villagers and lead to the
demolition of the United Kingdom's oldest ecological housing
project.
Last week, after the local Dinefwr council had twice refused him ...