One of Guelph's biggest employers, now a brownfield awaiting environmental clearance, the International Malleable Iron Co. site was also, for a time, home to Walter Tucker's "Church of the Universe" (love the name!).
Walter Tucker, squatted on the Malleable Iron site (1997). His religion included use of Marijuana and disrobing (dancing naked).
His knowledge of law (a self taught lawyer - thanks to his dad) helped him to avoid immediate eviction from abandoned industrial sites (he squatted in Preston too!).
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| Damn. He sure looks happy! |
Walter Tucker, like the poet James Gay, represents those flamboyant characters that make up a town's story. Walter's story is fodder for another documentary. Any takers?
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