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Any statements or actions involving the local council that oversees Stroud and its adjacent towns.

1960 – 1961Anti-Slavery Arch is restored by Stroud District Council

2 Oct 1999Stroud Teachers’ Centre is converted to a block of flats, named Blackboy House

8 June 2020Stroud District Council issues a #BlackLivesMatter statement

14 June 2020Dan Guthrie writes to Stroud District Council and Siobhan Baillie MP

23 June 2020‘We’re listening to BAME residents to tackle racism’

26 Feb 2021‘Community Representatives needed for Review Panel’

Mar – June 2021Stroud District Council Review Panel works on consultation wording

8 July 2021Stroud District Council launches consultation on street or building names and monuments

1 Sept 2021Stroud District Council consultation closes for submissions

21 Sept 2021Public consultation receives 1,600 replies

8 Apr 2022Historic England advises Stroud District Council on the removal of the Blackboy Clock

20 Apr 2022Stroud District Council announces Review Panel recommendations

28 Apr 2022Councillors debate Stroud District Council Blackboy Clock recommendations

3 May 2022‘Councillors listen to community over street and building names’

4 May 2022Britain First responds to Stroud District Council Blackboy Clock recommendations

Aug 2022Blackboy Clock plaque from 2004 restoration is removed

Jan – Nov 2023Community Representation Taskforce writes new plaque for Blackboy Clock

16 Dec 2024New Blackboy Clock plaque by Community Representation Taskforce is installed

Dec 2024Stroud District Council announces plans to restore Anti-Slavery Arch for the third time

Mar 2025Community Representation Taskforce plaque temporarily removed and replaced

25 Mar 2025Anti-Slavery Arch is restored for the third time

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