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The
Inaugural Manning's Pit
Poetry
Competition
Highly Commended
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Sheena
Ferguson, Pilton Street
(Sheena lives in the house where Benjamin
Manning lived back in the 1800s)
Sheena told us:
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Born in central
London I grew up in North West London,
eventually meeting my Somerset-born husband
through mutual friends. Perhaps inevitably we
were drawn to
the Westcountry and moved there thirty-five
years ago with our two young children. I
remember asking Pauline Hart, at the time owner
of Pilton Stores, where Manning’s Pit was. The
name did not sound particularly attractive, but
she said it was the place by the river where the
locals go for their picnics – so off we went,
after school, to investigate.
We were not disappointed as our first summer was
very hot and sunny and we often visited
Manning’s Pit and also the nearby beaches. It so
happens that we bought the
house owned by Benjamin Manning so we feel a
connection there too.
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Sheena's Poem
Please Save Manning's Pit
There was a young person from
Pilton
Who said Manning's Pit CAN'T be built on!
'T would be Paradise Lost
At too great a cost -
(My apologies to poet John Milton.)
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