Architect's Journal | 25 October 2024 | Astragal
"A former TV soap star has kicked up a racquet over Allies and Morrison’s Wimbledon expansion plans"
"Thelma Ruby, who appeared as Lily Dempsey in ITV’s Coronation Street in the 90s, is now the star of the Save Wimbledon Park campaign.
She says she is ready to rally over the ‘evil plan’, insisting she will chain herself to a tree and face arrest before she sees work commence on the Grand Slam site.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club’s said plan – which will see hundreds of trees felled to make way for 39 new tennis courts – has already had to bounce back from Wandsworth Council’s refusal, a decision that was recently overturned by the Mayor’s Office."