[Diggers350] Cirencester Park Turnstiles: Lord Bathurst & Right To Roam's John Moses

Tue Mar 19 01:35:13 GMT 2024

Cirencester Park Turnstiles: Lord Bathurst & 
Right To Roam's John Moses BBC World Tonight 
18Mar24 https://youtu.be/RAJP08Z86H8 - - www.righttoroam.org.uk

Dont put a price on the peaceful enjoyment of Englands green fields
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/15/the-guardian-view-on-genteel-protest-dont-put-a-price-on-the-peaceful-enjoyment-of-englands-green-fields
Charging townspeople to use a beautiful park in 
the Cotswolds may ignite a wider right to roam movement
A small outcry over the imposition of entrance 
fees to Cirencester Park is an interesting 
moment, and it may prove more significant than it 
first appears. Sir Benjamin Bathurst, a wealthy 
slave trader, acquired the stunning estate in 
1695 and it remains in the familys hands. The 
park sits beside the town of Cirencester and, 
ever since its inception, people have been 
allowed through the gates for walking, playing 
and imbibing the scent of lime blossom from its 
magnificent avenue of mature trees.

Emacs!

The parkland, landscaped in the 18th century, has 
been the de facto town park: children have 
climbed trees there, and residents with tiny back 
yards have enjoyed the many scientifically proven 
physical and mental health benefits of exercising 
in a very large green back yard. There are 
similar arrangements at other estates, such as 
Blenheim, where the townsfolk of Woodstock  
similarly adjacent to estate walls  can wander 
fairly freely into vast swathes of parkland on their doorstep.
This centuries-old arrangement arises because 
previous lords recognised a social contract: they 
needed the town as much as residents benefited 
from access. Besides, it would be provocative to 
keep the hoi polloi confined to their grimy 
little streets when there was so much green space 
just over the wall. Now that social contract is 
crumbling. The Bathurst estate is due to activate 
electronic gates and a ticket booth at 
Cirencester Park, charging pedestrians £4 for a 
day pass (locals can pay a £10 deposit for a 
free access card). Lord Bathurst appeals for 
help to run the park; poorer residents will 
struggle to prioritise paying £10 to enjoy an avenue of limes.
Rarely are land rights questioned in any way in 
Britain, but this heartfelt outcry from one 
English town is similar to the Covid lockdowns 
when, desperately requiring local green space, 
many people began to question why so much land 
was out of bounds. Why do we only have a right to 
roam over 8% of England? And clear rights to swim or paddle in 3% of rivers?
These questions are growing because Lord 
Bathursts charges are part of a bigger trend. 
Large estates are run on increasingly commercial 
lines. Its cash for access. And landowners are 
shaking down visitors for every penny. Most of us 
accept that if we drive a car into a grand estate 
we must pay handsomely for parking (£9 for six 
hours at Cirencester Park). Fair enough, if we 
want to purchase a guided tour, a well-priced 
coffee, or treat our dogs to the Bathurst 
estates special dog-wash. But charges for a 
walker who seeks nothing more than the peaceful 
enjoyment of the green fields of England?
Local residents have called in the Right to Roam 
campaign, which has organised a mass trespass 
in the park this weekend, with speeches and games 
for children. For many, the fact that many grand 
estates are built on colonial plunder and slavery 
adds to the importance of them acknowledging 
their social obligations today. Labour has 
already U-turned on its commitment to a 
Scottish-style right to roam law in England. But 
it would be in the landed gentrys own best 
interests to encourage the next government to 
take some steps to widen access, and for the 
grand old estates to restore their pragmatic 
approach of recent centuries  freely giving the 
little people a little access. Without such 
modest compromises, the clamour for more rights 
to roam will become an irresistible movement.

Hundreds protest at Cirencester Park against first entry fees in 300 years
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/gallery/pictures-hundreds-protest-cirencester-park-9172014
Catherine Forrester, 37, and Tom Jones, 41, moved 
to Stroud, Gloucestershire, seven years ago and 
have been coming to the park ever since. They 
have visited the park with their four-year-old 
son, Rowan, since he was a baby and the protest 
was the first time their daughter Rosa, 10 weeks old, visited the park.
Catherine, who runs an organisation offering peer 
support for mothers, said: "We're down here 
because we feel the park should be free for 
everyone. I love being in the open space, it is 
very close to the open-air swimming pool - it is 
a lovely place to come after a swim."
The scheme was due to go live on Friday Mar 15 
but was postponed because of delivery issues with 
the passes. Last Wednesday Mar 13 a public 
meeting was hosted in Cirencester Ashcroft Church 
regarding the proposed changes.
Bathurst Estate representatives were invited to 
join the panel at this meeting but decided to 
send the organiser a written statement instead. 
The statement said: "We do not receive any public funding for Cirencester Park.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman.gn.apc.org/pipermail/diggers350/attachments/20240319/a8f96c50/attachment-0002.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: feeebe0c.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 425707 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://mailman.gn.apc.org/pipermail/diggers350/attachments/20240319/a8f96c50/attachment-0001.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
Weekly politics show page http://www.thisweek.org.uk
Radio stream live 5pm Fridays and repeated 
11am/pm UK time http://www.talkradio.org.uk
Also on: NOT The BCfm Politics Show App 
https://apkpure.com/not-the-bcfm-politics-show/com.sweetsmile.bottom_navigation_flutter 

NB please reply with any unsubscribe request in 
the email body, leaving the subject line intact, 
if you do not wish to recieve further emails - thanks
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, 
he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and 
gave to them. 
<http://biblehub.com/luke/24-31.htm>31 And their 
eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he 
vanished out of their sight.  http://biblehub.com/kjv/luke/24.htm
'Capitalism is institutionalised bribery' TG - 
Cancelled -> https://www.youtube.com/user/PublicEnquiry/videos

Albert Pikes 1871 
<https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/650822/Letter-WW3-200-year-old-islam-final-battle>WWIII 
plan to cancel God  
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/11/accelerationism-how-a-fringe-philosophy-predicted-the-future-we-live-in>Accelerationist 
multicrisis: my schoolfriend 
<https://www.philosophyforlife.org/blog/accelerationism-amphetamine-philosophy-and-the-death-trip>Nazi 
Nicks Dark Enlightenment death trip is 
designed to 
<https://qz.com/1007144/the-neo-fascist-philosophy-that-underpins-both-the-alt-right-and-silicon-valley-technophiles>discredit 
all democracy
Essentials: 
<https://www.bitchute.com/video/AH8pJ8vLnpQQ/>Michael 
Hudson | 
<https://www.bitchute.com/video/mlGKutbgByo4/>Blackrock/Vanguard 
| Tony 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAq1q1_swyM>on 
Brexit & 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsxxlpLccE8&pp=ygUWVGhlIFRyYWl0b3JzIG9mIEFybmhlbQ%3D%3D>The 
Traitors of Arnhem | 
<https://www.bitchute.com/video/s3keNigJaj63/>Evolution 
| 
<https://www.bitchute.com/video/Yhv9ZMby68Ig>War 
between God & Lucifer | 
<http://www.itsuandi.org/itsui/downloads/Itsui_Materials/Albert_Pike's_Plan_for_Three_World_Wars.pdf>Plan 
for three World Wars | Armageddonists I have 
known: 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXKz4uwZC_k>Nick 
Land (1975-8) | 
<https://www.bitchute.com/video/pkIIeuailaUt/>George 
Monbiot (1995-8) | Manna for the Revelation 
Generation: 
<https://www.radio4all.net/program/108328>CONSPIRACY 
CLASSICS, longer interviews/lectures

"And I think, in the end, that is the best 
definition of journalism I have heard; to 
challenge authority - all authority - especially 
so when governments and politicians take us to 
war, when they have decided that they will kill 
and others will die. " --Robert Fisk
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMn9GM4atN3t7AHJBbHMR0Q/videos
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/contributor/2149
http://www.thisweek.org.uk
http://www.911forum.org.uk
http://www.tlio.org.uk
Tony's free watermarked books www.bilderberg.org 
- My ebooks https://payhip.com/TonyGosling
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPbHiqhLtpNWA_cg_1NULw
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMn9GM4atN3t7AHJBbHMR0Q
https://www.twitter.com/TonyGosling
https://www.facebook.com/tony.gosling.16
You can donate to support Tony's work here http://www.bilderberg.org/bcfm.htm
Or buy Tony's three ebooks for £10-£15 here 
https://payhip.com/TonyGosling or paperback here 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254963338161
TG mobile +44 7786 952037

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman.gn.apc.org/pipermail/diggers350/attachments/20240319/a8f96c50/attachment-0003.html>