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The last hours of the Bodrum Kebab House

5/3/2014

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Save Earl’s Court supporters regularly visit the shops along the Lillie Road in Hammersmith and many of the business owners have supported our campaign by displaying our leaflets in their premises or in their windows. 

One of these businesses was the Bodrum Kebab House restaurant which has served the community for many years. The staff were welcoming and the restaurant had a loyal clientele.  On match days the Bodrum was packed with Chelsea FC supporters.

The Bodrum was one of the businesses who had received over a 100% rent increase from EC Properties GP Ltd, a wing of developer Capital and Counties (Capco).  They were trying to renegotiate their rent increase but this was not to be. 

During the night of the 1st of April 2014 at Kensington Town Hall, the council’s Conservative-led Major Planning Developments Committee passed another round of planning applications from Capco.  Whilst Capco directors and their landscapers and architects sat in the Hall, the staff at the Bodrum were removing their equipment from the restaurant and loading it into a van. The manager had been informed by his solicitor that they had until 9am the following morning to vacate the premises. Five people lost their jobs that night – they were distressed and shocked.  

A local resident and photographer Oscar Konrad was passing and took pictures of the Bodrum’s last hours. 

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margaret spector
5/5/2014 06:34:26 am

i was shocked to see that my favourite takeaway had disappeared.

It was a thriving business and I can only assume tha the corrupt Concil planning were in leave with TFL and wanted the lot to extend their Earl's Court development. You only have to attend the planning meetings to see how they over rule policies which are blatantly misleading the public. Who is pocketing backhanders from the property developers.

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robert
5/6/2014 04:04:37 am

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Robert Manfred
5/6/2014 04:14:59 am

Never featured on my menu and as a resident of Earls Court i must say we have enough junk food outlets that litter the erea. The fact it was full of Chelsea football suporters on match day says it all. Frankly an eysore. Wouldnt ve eaten there even if i was under the infuence. Fit for drunks on matchday only. Enter at your own peril. Good riddens.

Robert Manfred
5/6/2014 04:38:05 am

Smells a bit like 'social cleansing' at times. Do you smell that? I can but it wont stop unsound methods being used in the name of grand developements after all 'there is no such a thing as society' the Iron Lady once said. She did put nails on her porridge and eat her eggs hard boiled. Yep, its back to that old chestnut again. The Horror....

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margaret spector
5/6/2014 06:10:28 am

If you call junk food, grilled meat and a healthy salad, then you don't know what junk food is. I never eat junk food and it was the only takeaway I bought. The guys worked very hard in there to earn a living.

Capco probably needed the premises to develop. Where is Boris Johnson helping small businesses.

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margaret spector
5/6/2014 06:10:34 am

If you call junk food, grilled meat and a healthy salad, then you don't know what junk food is. I never eat junk food and it was the only takeaway I bought. The guys worked very hard in there to earn a living.

Capco probably needed the premises to develop. Where is Boris Johnson helping small businesses.

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margaret spector
5/6/2014 06:10:43 am

If you call junk food, grilled meat and a healthy salad, then you don't know what junk food is. I never eat junk food and it was the only takeaway I bought. The guys worked very hard in there to earn a living.

Capco probably needed the premises to develop. Where is Boris Johnson helping small businesses.

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margaret spector
5/6/2014 06:11:19 am

If you call junk food, grilled meat and a healthy salad, then you don't know what junk food is. I never eat junk food and it was the only takeaway I bought. The guys worked very hard in there to earn a living.

Capco probably needed the premises to develop. Where is Boris Johnson who is supposed to be helping small businesses.

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Anthony
9/22/2014 02:31:12 am

I went to the Schalke game at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. I was gutted to see this place gone.nice food, nice people. Now won't even bother coming round to Earls Court and eat nearer Stamford Bridge. The guys who owned it were really nice people. Very welcoming place. Always ate that when in London, even on non match days. Gutted for these guys.

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MARGARET SPECTOR
9/22/2014 06:43:03 am

What a snob yu try to be, if only you could spell. I am neither a drunk or a footballer and grilled meat and salad are not termed junk food. To see a thriving business where people had worked very hard to build up be demolished by greedy developers is hardly commendable.

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