Events Gallery

See how BARD campaigners have been raising public awareness of the new town in our photo gallery

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Global Gathering 2008 25-26 July: BARD campaigners attended the Global Gathering festival at Long
Marston airfield. Hundreds of festival goers signed the petition opposing
the proposed eco-town
downing street Monday 30 June: Martin Gittins represented BARD when several campaign groups
submitted their petitions to Downing Street.
three mps Monday 30 June: BARD met with local MPs Peter Luff, John Maples and Geoffrey
Clifton-Brown as well as Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps and Housing
Minister Caroline Flint.
protestors unite Monday 30 June: BARD joined protestors from nine other eco-town sites to
lobby Parliament on the eco-town process.
18th June 2008 Eco Protest Thursday 19 June: Following a debate on eco-towns in the House of Commons, BARD campaigners gathered and spoke to ITV Central News about the proposed eco-town at Long Marston
Question posed from the floor at BARD public meeting Friday 23 May: Following the great success of BARD's public meetings in Honeybourne and Mickleton, we held a meeting in Stratford-upon-Avon to provide information about the new town to local residents.
Panel at BARD public meeting Friday 23 May: The meeting was chaired by BBC presenter/journalist Will Hanrahan. The speakers were John Maples MP, a local representative of the CPRE, Izzi Seccombe and Stuart Beese for Stratford DC, Paul Middlebrough and Judy Pearce for Wychavon DC and Christopher Young QC, the BARD campaign's barrister
Question posed from the floor at BARD public meeting Friday 23 May: The meeting was a great success with many questions from the floor answered by the panel of speakers. At the end of the evening, a secret ballot revealed the audience to be firmly against the new town at Long Marston.
Dummy sits on park bench with eco-town protest sign Ongoing roadside protests are taking place near the site of the proposed new town
Protests outside Stratford council Monday 12 May: Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the meeting of Stratford-upon-Avon District Council to voice their opposition to the new town at Long Marston (Photo by Mark Williamson)
Protests outside Stratford council Monday 12 May: Police were forced to block off Church Street as the numbers grew. People held banners and waved flags to show their opinion of the new town.
Protests outside Stratford council Monday 12 May: The result of the meeting was a unanimous vote by the Council to oppose the new town (Photo by Mark Williamson)
Protests outside Stratford council Monday 12 May: Even the most unlikely protesters were pleased with the result! (Photo by Mark Williamson)
Point to Point at Ashorne Monday 5 May:
These were photographs taken at the Point to Point event at Ashorne. Left to Right: Joan Matthews (Chairman Long Marston PC) Cllr M Brain, Emma Holman-West, Cllr I Seccombe, Cllr Philip Seccombe.
Lots of signatures were collected and many T-shirts worn.
Point to Point at Ashorne Monday 5 May:
And here's another shot of them at the Ashorne Point to Point
Protesters collecting petition signatures Sunday 27 April: Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations. The BARD Campaign collected petition signatures at the Stratford-upon-Avon Marathon. Over 700 petition signatures were collected in one morning.
Half-marathon runners Robert Flaherty of Long Marston and Mike Carr of Welford-upon-Avon Sunday 27 April: Campaigners Robert Flaherty of Long Marston and Mike Carr of Welford-upon-Avon ran the half-marathon. Thank you and well done to both of them.
Banner alerting people to the new town proposed for Long Marston Sunday 27 April: Banners and signs decorated the marathon route to alert the people of Stratford-upon- Avon to the disastrous new town proposed for Long Marston.
Stop the new town banner above a road Sunday 27 April: Banners and signs decorated the marathon route to alert the people of Stratford-upon- Avon to the new town as campaigners collected petition signatures

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