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12th October - Villagers Square up for Pub Fight -
article appears in Beds on Sunday. |
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7th October - The second meeting of the community
buy out project takes place, and they announce that they have received
pledges totalling £270,000 so far, ranging from £250 to £20,000. They hope
to have a website up soon to provide more information about how to invest or
how people can be involved in this project. |
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5th October - Following representation at the 26th
Annual Bedford beer festival, the campaign gathers more support, and the
website sees a surge in visitors and e-mails offering support. Thank you to
CAMRA for all the support. |
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Significant numbers of people still continue to write to
the local newspapers, the planning office, and Greene King, strongly
supporting the campaign to re-open the Fyshes, and to object to any future
planning applications that may be made. |
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29th September - The first meeting takes place for a
separate initiative formed by some committee members, whose intention is to
raise enough money to buy the pub from Greene King, and run it as a
community project. The initial reaction is positive, and the community buy
out project starts to take pledges of money from supporters. |
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15th September - Milton Keynes Councillor Steve Clark
expresses concern about the closure, but encourages the campaign with
stories of success in Milton Keynes, where in similar situations they have
prevented planning permission. |
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15th September - CAMRA continue their support for
the campaign, and run a full page article in The Firkin, C.A.M.R.A.'s
regular newsletter. |
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12th September - Save Ye Three Fyshes Article
appears in Turvey News, and more villagers pledge support to the campaign to
re-open the pub. |
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1st September - Councillors David Reedman and Celia Hanbury
publicly
announce that they have joined the committee to take action against the
closure, and pledge to offer any support they can. |
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31st August - Bedfordshire on Sunday's Steve Lowe
airs his views about the current spate of village pub closures, in his
regular column with "Don't call time on our pub heritage" |
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31st August - Another former Greene King pub hits
the headlines as villagers in Kempston protest against The Cross Keys being
converted to private housing. |
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26th August - Success at last! Greene King announces
in a letter that they intend to offer Ye Three Fyshes for sale as a pub
through their agents Fleurets. |
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24th August - Greene King look set to cash in on the
property boom once again, by making another planning application after
closing the Lord Nelson Pub in Silsoe, but villagers are adamant that the
second application will be blocked, as was the first application was in
April. |
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18th August - Mary Gray speaks on BBC Look East,
on their afternoon, and evening news programs, again,
this causes even more supporters to join the cause. |
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15th August - Campaigners erect a sign by the pub -
this website sees almost 200 hundred hits on the day the sign goes up and
support increases dramatically. |
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12th August - Save the Fishes website goes live,
giving people the chance to register their support and the campaign quickly
gains supports from as far a field as Sheffield, Southern France, Spain, and
even Australia and Taiwan all of who have all frequented our Turvey Pub!) |
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10th August - Ye Three Fyshes is the subject of
another article in the Beds on Sunday,
"Brewery forced to take down
shutters" |
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4th August - After numerous protests, and an order
from Bedford Borough Council, the shutters come off, and the pub is
re-glazed. |
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27th July - Once again, Beds On Sunday take a keen
interest in our cause, and run an article
"Bitter battle brews as villagers
unite over pub" |
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25th July - Word is passed round the village, and
over 100 people attend a sudden meeting on Friday afternoon, where a task
force is appointed to Save Ye Three Fyshes. |
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20th July - Less than a week after closing, it is
becoming apparent how strongly people feel about the closure. Bedfordshire
on Sunday show the campaign support with their article
"Last orders called
on ye olde pub" and BBC 3 counties radio takes several calls about the
issue. |
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17th July - Against planning regulations, the
existing windows are broken and replaced by unsightly steel panels, causing
local uproar! |
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15th July - Ye Three Fyshes Landlord, John Eames is
given 24 hours notice that the pub will be closed, and last orders are
called for the last time. |