Sunday, 15th April 2007
No Stink!
No friends, this is not the third instalment of Isaac’s potty training saga but a posting to tell you all about our protest march in defiance of Banham Composts’ plans to build a rendering plant on the outskirts of our village. I don’t want to bore you with the details of the campaign but if you are interested please go to http://www.pweh.co.uk/ where you can read all about the impending threat to the Wensum Valley and the quality of life for all those who live in the surrounding area. You can also register your own objection from this website.
Here we are holding our protest banner prior to the march up to the factory gate. Initially, it was planned that as many people as possible would walk up to Clay Hall Farm to protest at the gates but Banham got wind (excuse the pun) of our plans and contacted the police. The police did little but sit and watch because our protest, although techically illegal, was good natured, and respected the instructions of the authorities.
As a result only 15 of us were allowed to go up to the gates to confront the Banham security guards. I asked one of the security guards if he wouldn’t mind just holding my banner for me whilst I did my shoelace up. Unfortunately he wasn’t that gullible. From this point at the top of the hill, the polluted air that is emitted from the plant could drift down into the valley and make it unbearable to go out into our gardens.
Everyone else stood on the bridge, a particularly good focal point because the River Wensum (which could be polluted should an accident occur at the factory) flows underneath it. We had a great turn out with at least 100 protesters mostly from Lenwade and Sparham, the two villages that would be affected the most by the pungent smell of rotting animal carcasses.
As the cars drove by many many people honked their horns to show their support for our cause. Only one person shouted out of their window “get a life” – clearly they didn’t know what we were protesting about.
Isaac had a simple message to tell Banham Compost Ltd. “We don’t think we should have your stink, yes, I’m talking to you”. BBC Look East covered the story as well as photo journalists from a number of newspapers. To top it off, at 5.20 on Saturday 14th April, Heidi, Isaac and myself all appeared on Look East doing our little bit for the environment and our community.
Yours truly, Rent a mob
Posted by Daddy @ 7:26 PM
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Top story! I bet it was fun being part of a protest – was isaac’s bike full of petrol bombs!LOL!