Author Topic: email campaign to save our lotties (Read 19671 times)

caz 406 · « **Reply #40 on:** April 27, 2005, 17:25:47 »

Definitely Great Minds!! ;D

The Gardeners World idea is a great idea. Just looked on the bbc.co.uk website and they encourage Neighbourhood Gardens etc. so they could well be interested in something like this...

fat larry · « **Reply #41 on:** April 28, 2005, 10:00:20 »

thanks guys, I sent an email to alan titchmarsh last night (after couple of glasses of red, so hopefully I was still vaguely lucid!!). I'll try to do monty today and get back in touch with urban gardener cleve west too!

Lazybones · « **Reply #42 on:** April 28, 2005, 10:14:00 »

Well done FL, I'm sure even after a couple of glasses it was better than anything I could do ;) Just had another thought - how about trying Watchdog. I know normally they take on consumer goods and scams but hey, might be worth a go - after all they does seem to be some sinister goings on by some parties ;D

Ceri · « **Reply #43 on:** April 28, 2005, 10:23:22 »

If you want to go down the 'celebrities support allotments' line have you thought about

a: David Bellamy - after all, allotments support an awful lot more wildlife than brickwork
b: Jamie Oliver - he's a groovy food hero at the moment
c: Sophie Grigson - very pro seasonal veg cooking
d: Delia Smith - didn't she have a book about Kitchen Gardening - also a big churchwoman (could be RC but worth a crack)
e: Doesn't Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 have an allotment slot
f: The two veg blokes of radio 4's veg programme.

What can be seen as church double standards are always good fodder for the Daily Mail and the like - have you thought of writing a press release, with particular reference to their 'eco-column' - if you can write a slightly quirky press release it makes their job much easier and therefore they are more likely to use it. Also mags like The Kitchen Garden, Grow Your Own, Organic Gardening.

Lazybones · « **Reply #44 on:** April 28, 2005, 10:37:41 »

Good thinking Ceri.

Oh, and of course there is 'The Food Hero' Rick Stein. Remember he did that episode that featured the allotment holders who bbq'd at weekends etc etc. And I always think his enthusiasm is infectious.

If you go to his Seafood Reaturant in Padstow website there are contact details there.

fat larry · « **Reply #45 on:** April 28, 2005, 18:36:47 »

thanks to merlin's mum, we now have the primary care trust batting for us. :)
NSALG local group are writing to em too.
I'll track down monty and the others mentioned over next few days too.

kitty · « **Reply #46 on:** April 28, 2005, 18:45:04 »

merlins mum is a good person to have on your side!
the veg blokes from radio 4 love anything like this-what about joy larcomb?
bob flowerdew?
...seeing as how their 'top boss' usually has his handsful-what about a quick email to the next in line-archbishop of canterbury?-letters to the times and the telegraph usuallyget a response-i've always found,when writing to anyone in this vein-it frightens the bejabers out of them if you put ,in the bottom left hand corner-copies to;..and then a bloomin great list!
kityy-in a bit better mood today...... :)

Merlins Mum · « **Reply #47 on:** April 28, 2005, 18:58:39 »

Thanks Kitty and glad you are feeling in a better mood ;D ;D ;D

I know fl has already said thanks to everyone but I would also like to say a big Thank You[/b] to each and everyone of you, you have all been great. It just proves there are some really lovely people out there. :)

MM

kitty · « **Reply #48 on:** April 28, 2005, 19:24:07 »

invoice is in the post! ;)

Merlins Mum · « **Reply #49 on:** April 28, 2005, 19:32:03 »

I hope you're not charging as much as last time ;D ;D ;D ;D

MM

kitty · « **Reply #50 on:** April 28, 2005, 19:39:32 »

you'd only know if you paid up..... ::)

Merlins Mum · « **Reply #51 on:** April 28, 2005, 19:48:45 »

;D ;D ;D

kitty · « **Reply #52 on:** April 28, 2005, 19:49:39 »

fat larry · « **Reply #53 on:** April 29, 2005, 15:21:04 »

latest in from the bishop's PA:

Thank you for your email which the Bishop has seen. We have passed it to our Buildings Department for their comments.

which at least isn't a 'No. Now get orf God's land!' :-\

caz 406 · « **Reply #54 on:** April 29, 2005, 22:19:28 »

That's promising then?
Anyway, if I remember rightly - isn't it God's "green and pleasant land" not God's "there's a space let's build some houses on it land" eh? eh? ;) ;D

kitty · « **Reply #55 on:** April 29, 2005, 22:23:22 »

larry-lol! ;D
caz-lol! ;D
and wasnt there a bit about THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH??
c'mon people-get with the meekness perlease!

i think the revised king james was 'and the meek shall inherit the allotment'but i cant be sure..... ;D

caz 406 · « **Reply #56 on:** April 29, 2005, 22:27:20 »

...or should it be ..and the meek shall inherit mice, pigeons, carrot fly and unidentifiable big waspy things?? :o :D

gavin · « **Reply #57 on:** April 29, 2005, 23:58:29 »

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the meek shall inherit mice, pigeons, carrot fly and unidentifiable big waspy things??

Or are mice pigeons, carrot fly, wasps (and slugs ???) the meek? ;D

I've no idea if any of these might be useful FL - but might be an intersting comparison between ations and words?

http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/socialpublic/smte.html - "In 1998 the Bishops of the Anglican Communion drew up a theology of and passed a resolution on the environment."

http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/html/parish_pumps_main.htm and http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/html/news_parish_pumps/news_parish_pumps_31_01_05.htm

http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/church20705.cfm - an " an
eco-friendly policy under which organic bread and wine will be served for Holy Communion, clergy will recycle waste products and fair trade products will be sold at fêtes" (but allotments will be sold for business development - hee-hee)

http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/sermons_speeches/050417.htm - actions or words?

A bit of embarrassment value in here?

All best - Gavin

fat larry · « **Reply #58 on:** May 01, 2005, 17:58:24 »

Hey Gavin
nice stuff you found there - you did better than I've managed. Particularly love the one about church going organic.
We've welcomed a new set of squatters this weekend :)
two families and their children were digging like crazy yesterday. No sign of them when I was over there this morning so maybe they overdid it a bit on their first day ;)
Now if we can only get a couple more people in Bicester to write to the council about wanting allotments, we will have a stronger case.
thanks all

gavin · « **Reply #59 on:** May 02, 2005, 01:50:33 »

A pleasure, fat larry - I got the standard reply about you being a bunch of no-good rent-shy squatters too, and it p*ss*d me off just a little ??? :) ???. Enjoyed digging around for the stuff - and if I find any more ;D ;D ;D

Good luck - Gavin

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