A few of of the wonderful campaigners
and supporters who have helped us win so many battles,
with Peter Vaughan who gave us a large donation which
helped pay for our consultants. Photo taken by Manning's
Pit bridge in November 2016.
Save Manning's Pit
Big Autumn Party, November 2018
A great time was had by
all!
Thank you everyone who came, and most
especially to those who stayed for the whole
evening despite the fact that for most of the
evening the heaters were not working and it
was VERY cold! This was not the fault of
the Hall, and we remain very grateful to the
organisers.
Due to unforeseen
circumstances, we were not able to show any
films but the highlight of the evening was
Martin Haddrill's performance of his new song
for Manning's Pit. We have had paintings,
poems, films and historical exhibitions, but
we have never had a song, despite wanting one
right from the beginning, so we were all
thrillled about this.
As usual, there was more
than enough to eat and drink and we all
enjoyed meeting up with friends and
supporters. Some really interesting people
turned up, including one of the award winning
poets who has already walked around Manning's
Pit, Mary and John Breeds from the Countryside
Centre in Braunton who have been so helpful
with their plant and moth surveys, and other
supporters from further afield.
There
were some good displays, especially Tim
Saunder's Board with its summing up of what we
have acheived, and quotes from
Shakespeare. They were especially
appropriate since despite being self-taught
Benjamin Manning always quoted
Shakespeare whenever he gave a public
speech.
We
also had some lovely laminated photographs
showing Stuti Billore's Save Manning's
Pit posters/flags from India and Clare's
photographs of her holding a Save Manning's
Pit flag on the Arctic ice.
It
is wonderful to see how our message has
resonated world wide.
Our one apology is for the
lack of a good photographer, because the Tree
of Love for Manning's Pit was a
wonderful sight in its corner by the stage. A
special thanks to Wendy Robinson for making it
look so beautiful, and thanks too to the band
of willing helpers who set everything up, to
mark for opening and shutting the Hall for us,
Jane Bulpett for yet another amazing cake,
Chris Bulpett for his magnificent speech and
Bev Snowden who reminded everyone that there
are only a few days left before the Poetry
Competition closes on Friday November 30th.
So if you haven't entered
already, make sure you deliver your poems by
Friday evening! We hear entries are
coming thick and fast now.
Report by Christine Lovelock, who managed a
very small speech, mainly saying thank you to
everyone.
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Martin Haddrill with his guitar (apologies for low
quality image)
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