Princes Street page 8

Anti-war Demonstration 19th March 2003

	demo 0 1152 x 864 258K	Two parallel lines of police stand at the foot of The Mound ready to deflect the protesters from James Gillespie's High School into West Princes Street Gardens.
	demo 1 1024 x 768 165K	'Blood Oil' says one placard, whilst another reads 'The only Bush I trust is my own'. Building workers at the Royal Scottish Academy watch the proceedings.
	demo 2 1152 x 864 313K	Margaret Thatcher, The Grim Reaper and Tony Blair are represented here. A protester carries a sign saying 'This war is pants'.
	demo 3 1152 x 864 247K	Attempts by the police at keeping the protesters in Princes Street Gardens have failed and now they're streaming along the road.
	demo 4 1152 x 864 333K	When the one o'clock gun goes off some pupils lie down on the road. Numbers are swelling and a platform is being arranged for people to address the crowd.
	demo 5 1152 x 864 323K	Princes Street is now well and truly blocked.
	demo 6 1152 x 864 227K	Tommy Sheridan MSP thanks the school children for their attendance at this rally. Mark Thomas, TV satirist also addresses the crowd.
	demo 7 945 x 864 344K	After a while an orderly procession heads back up The Mound to protest in front of the Scottish Parliament's temporary home. Numbers have grown considerably as other like-minded individuals join in.