File comprises documentation such as minutes, reports and associated papers. Some key documents include the minutes of the Broadwater Farm Defence Campaign; a copy of the National Appeal, as organised by the Broadwater Farm Defence Campaign; and a brief summary of the main findings and recommendations re the Broadwater Farm trials.
Category Archives: Broadwater Farm Issue Files
BG/P/2/2/7
Correspondence and associated press information concerning new evidence, calls for re-investigation, and the referral of Winston Silcott and Mark Braithwaite’s cases to the Court of Appeal. Includes written exchanges between Bernie Grant and correspondents such as the Home Secretary and the Crown Prosecution Service. Note that the cases of the Tottenham Three were referred back to the Court of Appeal four and half years following their original conviction (original trial was held Jan – March 1987).
BG/P/2/1/14
File includes a letter from Metropolitan Police Commander Nove to Bernie Grant concerning the renewed investigations. Also includes a copy of Bernie Grant’s parliamentary question re the status of Winston Silcott’s case and Bernie Grant’s personal copy of the publication “The Burnham Report – of international jurists in respect to Broadwater Farm Trials” as compiled by the Broadwater Farm Defence Campaign in 1987.
BG/P/2/2/2
File comprises correspondence, reports, press clippings and handwritten notes concerning the formation and management of the Tottenham Three Families Campaign. Includes information relating to the Broadwater Farm Defence Campaign, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Amnesty International report into ‘Alleged Forced Admissions During Incommunicado Detention’, police disciplinary proceedings (ie Chief Superintendent Melvin), and calls for a re-investigation into the murder of PC Keith Blakelock including a review of the convictions of Winston Silcott, Mark Braithwaite and Engin Raghip.
BG/P/2/1/12
File contains correspondence relating to specific issues and concerns such as a court settlement between Winston Silcott and Sir Paul Condon; appeal court vindication overturning Winston Silcott’s conviction; appeals for witnesses re the murder of PC Blakelock; Bernie Grant clarifying views concerning the Broadwater Farm disturbance, media misrepresentation and nature of relationship with the police. Includes associated reports such as ‘Why Winston Silcott’s conviction must be reviewed: a history of injustice’ compiled by Legal Action for Women [includes useful timeline re the events of the PC Keith Blakelock and Anthony Smith Cases]
BG/P/2/1/7
File comprises correspondence, reports, press information and handwritten notes relating to the campaign. Includes report from Amnesty International relating to the Tottenham Three, Bernie Grant’s correspondence with a constituent re the police raid on the Farm in 1989, and Bernie Grant’s handwritten notes concerning the convictions of the Tottenham Three.
BG/P/2/1/8
Correspondence, minutes, newsletters and flyers produced by the Broadwater Farm Defence Campaign eg Winston Silcott poster titled: ‘Hands off the Silcott’s – Stop the Harassment Now’ and a BWF Defence Campaign newsletter concerning a major campaign event held at the Hackney Empire. Also includes correspondence issued by the Broadwater Farm Youth Association. Note that a background history of the ‘Tottenham Three’ campaign is documented within the newsletter of the BWF Defence Campaign contained on file.
BG/P/2/1/9
File contains correspondence [with Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard], meeting notes, flyers, and press releases and clippings.
BG/P/2/1/10
File includes the minutes of the campaign meeting and documents and press clippings relating to the Police Complaints Authority investigation into disciplinary charges brought against a detective Chief Superintendent. Includes clippings relating to a number of alleged incidences of police misconduct and harassment.
BG/P/2/1/11
File contains correspondence such as handwritten letters to Bernie Grant from both Winston Silcott and Mark Braithwaite [whilst in prison].