Charity says squatters have moved into another building

SQUATTERS have broken into another Bristol city centre property, says the charity which owns it.

A group have been occupying the former I Candy Salon at 45 High Street since May 15.

They have turned it into a free book shop and “space of radical learning”, but have been ordered to leave by tomorrow.

And the All Saints Church Lands charity says squatters “broke into” the next-door site, 46 High Street, on Thursday night or Friday morning.

The trust, which owns the building, said: “We are aware of the situation at 46 High Street and are taking legal advice.”

All Saints Church Lands is a charity which maintains Upper York Street’s Christian almshouse All Saints House, offering accommodation for “mature citizens of Bristol”.

When the Post visited the street on Tuesday, there was still a squatter presence at 45 High Street, which they have repurposed as a shop called “Wonky Arrow Books”.

Lettering stuck to the windowfront of 46 High Street read: “Topple! Go and do thou likewise.” There were also posters showing last year’s fall of Edward Colston’s statue, alongside the words “move on over”.

The words “stop filming me” had been spray-painted over the wall, partly on 45 and partly on 46 High Street.

The squatters started occupying the Grade-II listed property at 45 High Street on May 15, when footage on social media appeared to show them moving possessions into the building from a squat at 40A High Street.

The owner Worrall Road Estates secured a possession order for the building at Bristol County Court on May 21 – but enforcement action cannot be taken until tomorrow.