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We smashed the 3000 target. Present total is: 3186 signatures! Wooo-hoooo! And we still have a bunch we are off to collect from people today. Thank you so much to all our volunteers and members. Keep up the good work … Continue reading →

You may have seen the Evening News article published yesterday. Ever since the letter from John Bury,  Head of Planning, was sent to local residents, stating that the site had been closed to the public before Napier and that the … Continue reading →

The Friends have uploaded two Financial articles analysing the developers’ financial claims – this one on “Enabling Development” and this one on Maintenance Costs. Please read if you haven’t caught them already. We will house them with other important articles … Continue reading →

The developers maintain that they have to build so much new-build to raise the enormous maintenance costs associated with the listed buildings. There are many problems with this argument and it is disputable whether it is even a valid one … Continue reading →

Despite some difficulty (well quite a cold and rainy bit of difficulty) with the weather this week, our intrepid volunteers still managed to add another 405 signatures to our petition – bringing us to a grand total of 2448, well … Continue reading →

Enabling Development: When does it Enable and when does it Disable a Project? The developers claim that “enabling development” is the answer to maintaining the existing Grade A listed buildings. The Friends have examined the data and not only believe … Continue reading →

What can I say, everyone? An absolutely terrific result this week from the stall and from people handing petitions in to us and other volunteers going door to door. We are now up to 2043 signatures! Absolutely brilliant. I take … Continue reading →

We only did half a day on the stall this Sat, but were able to add a another 364 signatures to the petition, bringing the total collected so far to a fantastic 1,575 signatures in just 3 weeks! Big thanks to everyone and all our … Continue reading →

We’ll be out petitioning from 10am-1pm today in Morningside, nr Waitrose. We’ll be the ones dressed up to the nines in various woolly garments – and you’ll recognise the trusty campaign table. Do pop by and say hello if you’re … Continue reading →

Today, I found myself listening to Andrew Motion’s set of dramatic and moving poems to mark Armistice Day on Radio 4, Laurels and Donkeys. I was particularly struck (and moved) by a section dealing with shellshock sufferers. The nightmare panic; … Continue reading →