18th August 2011 Planning Meeting

The planning Committee sat today and deferred the demolition and planning permission. The reason given was to allow officers to compile reports with regards to the Heritage aspects and if they believe it reasonable to use Article4(1) Direction. This Article can be used to stop any demolition or building being under taken. The committee will debate this on Thursday 25th August. If any one has any more information about The Greenwood History please e-mail it to greenroy1111@yahoo.com Just need a bit extra something to put forward before meeting. Thank's to everyone so far.

Site Visit Picture and Letters

This is the site visit, the day before the planning committee meeting, let's keep our fingers crossed for good new's.

Pictures of Folsana Protest

These are picture's of The Greenwood Six!!!! We had a police escort just in case we had our protest hi-jacked. Two police in an un-marked car and two on bycycles, we are certainly ruffling feathers somewhere. Planning committee site visit on 17/08/11 let's see what happens.

Just a Few Letters and Bolton News write up.

The Un-Edited Version

591 Chorley New Road

Horwich

Bolton

BL6 6LA

06/08/11

THE CARBUNCLE

Good People of Horwich. You have all seen it. We have protested because of this. You can say if you want this 'CARBUNCLE' in the photo5/8/11, or a Magnificent Piece of History, The Greenwood Arms. It has withstood two world wars, a depression and refreshed the worker's of the now defunct loco work's(built at the same time),victoria mill(gone) and the disappearing Hawker Siddley(british aerospace virtually demolished), nowt but a memory. If you don't object in your thousand's about losing your Heritage. To Helen Williams, Bolton Town Hall, Town Planning, Planning Application No 86341/11. No more shop's, offices or houses. 4.000 houses already planned. This is a Pub not a bar. You go in a stranger you come out a neighbour. You go in alone someone be-friends you. You the Townsfolk of Horwich, hold The Greenwood Arms and Bowling Green's past,present and future in your hand's. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Yours Sincerely

Mrs.A.A.Mason (G.A.G)

History re-built?

When Poland and Dresden were decimated in the second world war, the government's of the time found old pictures,archives,plan's and document's going back 300 year's. Why? Their history and heritage mean a lot to them as a society so they wanted to re-build their countries back to how they were before the war, and this is what they did. This is one Magnificent Building in one Town it must be saved for future generation's to gaze upon, even if it has a change of use to luxury apartment's with the bowling green left for public use. These will sell because of the originality of the surroundings'. Not many people can boast having the permissible use of a bowling green, near their back garden's. Nice or what?

Is That Your Bowling Green?

The Fence And Skip Show. S.R.H Style......

DON'T FENCE ME IN!!!!!!!!

We can't let them do this. S.R.H put up a fence but we must carry on. We have to make them take the fence down and leave the Greenwood Arms UP!!!

THE SKIP IS FILLING!!!!!!

Keep writing in to the planning control, Bolton Town Hall. Plan app No 86341/11. We must stop them filling anymore skips.  We can do it. Their is strength in numbers. Try! Try! Try!!!

The Fence Wagon!!!!!!!

We watched this little baby pull up Thursday morning and off load it's hideous fencing. I wonder how Ross and Denise feel in their enforced prison. Not quite your Beverly Hills Gated Community. It seem's it is legal for S.R.H Developments to start gutting the insides, absolutely criminal. Does this mean they already know the out come of the planning committee?

Aerial Photo

This is a perfect Photo to make our point. All the building's in this picture look great, what would that great carbuncle of a disaster of shop's look like. I can see you all shaking your head's. We will keep going, the planning meeting is on 18th August from 2pm at Bolton Town Hall please attend if you can. Anyone can attend.

Protest no 3

We had our 3rd protest on the 31st July, the Iron man was also on that day so we were able to give out quite a few leaflet's. The atmosphere was jovial and our banner protest was peaceful. We still need as many people as possible to object, Planning Application 86341/11  Helen Williams  Bolton Town Hall, BL1 1RU. We have to make the planning committee listen, just keep badgering them about losing our heritage to corperate vandalism.
We need to show these people that democracy is alive and kicking in Horwich, believe me I don't think MI6 will be that interested in us  So please tell everybody you know anywhere to object.  e-mail  helen.williams@bolton.gov.uk
 We are now on you tube, so go view our interview with BBC Radio Manchester. Our Super Brilliant Tech Team Helen put us on it. She is just a bit of a Genius. Roy Greenhalgh our Chief Orater (speaker) was also just a bit fantastic in the interview and put our objection's across extremely well.

If anyone know's any other radio or newspaper people ask them to get in touch either on facebook or e-mail  a.a.mason0303@gmail.com . If you have friend's or relatives abroad let them know also, the more of us to object the better. Power in numbers. We need a lot of Winston Churchill Gut's and Determination  Let's do it Folk's.

Greenwood Action Group BBC Radio Manchester Interview

The Greenwood Arms Pub - Horwich Bolton - Save the Greenwood