Pilton and Barnstaple people show how they feel about the threat to Manning's Pit.Posters and
signs are appearing in all parts of Pilton, Bradiford
and some parts of Barnstaple, too, in streets like
Pilton Street, Abbey Road, Fairview Road, Higher
Raleigh Road, and so on. They are appearing in
Granville Avenue, St. George's Terrace and other parts
of Barnstaple too, and the latest business in town to
show one is Fat
Belly Fred's Sea Food restaurant in Maiden
Street.
You don't have to live close to Manning's Pit to
care about it. And as you can see
(above) the Yeo
Dale Hotel at the bottom of Pilton Street have
really done us proud! . We may not spot them all, so
if you want your window poster or sign added to this
assembly, just send us a
photograph. |
Window, Pilton Street |
Window,
Bellaire
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Window, Pilton Street |
Window,
Pilton Street - this is the house where Benjamin Manning
and his family lived in the 1850's
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The
top of Under Minnow Road, where there is a junction
between Bellaire, Bradiford Hill and Chaddiford Lane,
has become a magnificent sight.
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This
gate on Bellaire faces the Longstone, as does the gate
to the left, and the big banner above.
As with the big banner, the sign here (left) that is high on the wall took some courage to put up, on a very cold and windy day. We have some brave people fighting to save Manning's Pit. |
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This very big sign is just beyond the one on the railings, to the right, and is at the top of Bradiford Hill. You really can't miss the message if you stand by the Longstone. Whichever way you look you see signs. |
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This window poster is upstairs in a house facing up the A39 on the hill towards North Devon Hospital, just past the fire station (see photo on left too). It is very visible to anyone driving down the hill, and there is also a poster in the side window that is visible to anyone driving up |
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The
A39 may be busy, as is Fairview, but the busiest road in
North Devon is the A361 from Barnstaple to
Braunton.
We are especially grateful to the person who allowed us to put this sign in such a prominent place, and we hope that all the people stuck in traffic at the rush hour will have plenty of time to read this message here. We have some hardboard spare so if anyone seeing this would like to make something similar - or have one made for them, if they are not able to do it, just let us know by emailing us. |
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The photograph doesn't do it justice, this (above) is one of the biggest and most striking signs of all. From a distance it looks like a road sign - how soon will it be before someone addresses a letter to "Save Manning's Pit"? Manning's Way is a very short road, now dominated at either end by the sign above and to the right.. |
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Back to Pilton Street again. |
You
can't walk up Pilton Street either without getting the
message that Pilton people want to save Manning's Pit -
and as with Under Minnow Road and Bellaire this is
nothing like a Nimby protest as Manning's Pit is a good
walk away, and out of sight from here.
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These two banners are both on The Rock, but on opposite sides of the road' |
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The above board and the poster on the left were both seen at Littabourne, which is just beyond The Rock, which leads off up from Pilton Street. |
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Posters in two separate houses, Pilton Street |
Sign
outside house, Bellaire
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Signs made by children, Lynbro Road |
Porch
door, Windsor Road
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Sign on wall, close to Windsor Road gate to Manning's Pit |
Window
poster made by little girl aged four, Windsor Road
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Two window posters/decorations on Bradiford Hill. the one above must have taken a great deal of care to produce. |
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Two posters in upstairs window in house off Higher Raleigh Road, seen from a distance. |
Someone
painted this poster and put it in their window, in
Youing's Drive
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Pilton Street Bunting - another lovely idea |
More
Pilton Street bunting
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Abbey Road, yet another street that is coming out with signs. The link gives a view of Abbey Road - no one could say that Abbey Road residents were complaining about losing their view as they can't see Manning's Pit from where they live. Just this short row of houses has 13 different house with window posters at the latest count. |
Pilton Parish Hall, signs on railings say "Save Manning's Pit" and "We Love Manning's Pit". As with Abbey Road, no one in Pilton Street can see Manning's Pit, they have to walk right to the edge of Pilton to reach it. We haven't counted the number of posters lately but there are a lot of them! |
Windsor Road, banner on railings above field, near Windsor Road. |
Priory Gardens, close to Nursery End |
A board, on the path from Lynbro Road to Manning's Pit |
Front
window of parked vehicle, Bellaire
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This beautiful poster is in Bull Hill, where the road bends between the top of Pilton Street and the start of Under Minnow Road. |
This sign is on a large gate, close to the cottages showing the window poster on the left. |
Window poster, Windsor Road - notice the bat! |
Another Windsor Road window poster, down at the Bradiford end of the road. Obviously, Windsor and Lynbro Roads, being closest to the fields, are very much against this proposal, and most windows have some form of poster on them, but yet again this is not in almost all cases a campaign about house values but about the future for the whole community. |
Windsor Road window |
Windsor
Road window
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Some children in Northfield Lane embellished this printed poster |
Sign
on fence, Chaddiford lane
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Pilton Street poster, by two children aged 8 and 3. |
Bradiford,
window
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Seen at Littabourne - this is a very striking sign. |
This
is another very beautiful sign, in Beech Grove. The
effort that people have put in to their posters and
signs has been quite amazing - and it has all come quite
spontaneously, there has been no competition, no prize
offered, people simply using their creativity to express
how much Manning's Pit means to them.
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This is on Bellaire , in a house hidden behind a wall. What a treat it was to see this poster enhancing the wisteria. |
This is the gate in the wall of the same house, to the left, in Bellaire. |
This sign, as big as a banner, is in Church Lane, and the owners of this house have already put up a very colourful sign where their house fronts the road at Bellaire (as well as featuring on Facebook in a very special T shirt!) The sign on the left is closer to the bottom of Church Lane, and has just popped up recently. Every day we go out we see new and more colourful or interesting signs. |
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Chaddiford Lane, which leads onto the A361 to Braunton, has been somewhat slow getting into the window poster act, but they are now beginning to pop up there too. |
This sign was on the railings at the end of the road, near to the A361. We love the cheerfulness of it - another feature of the signs going up that we are especially proud of is their positive nature. |
Fairview is one of the busiest roads in Pilton, close to Barnstaple centre, and used by traffic going from Pilton to the A361 Braunton Road. The link shows the road, at a quiet moment. A sign on a gate, right, also on Fairview - this one is fun. |
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Lovely and clever poster by George, aged 7, in Youing's Drive, above Ella's mother sent us the photograph on the left. She said: "All her own idea and Ella coloured it in all by herself too! We're in Granville Avenue" For those who don't know, Granville Avenue is in Barnstaple, not Pilton, but already has two posters.. |
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Children in St.George's terrace, Barnstaple, with their poster,before it went in their window |
Matthew in Maer Top Close made this poster - I didn't realise he was watching m when I took this photo! |