campaign to resist forest of dean privitization
The coaliltion are planning to sell off all Forestry Ccommssion land, including Forest of Dean where there is now massive opposition.
BONFIRE CALL TO BATTLE!
THE Fern Bonfire at Speech House Field on Saturday (November 6, 6pm) will be the setting for a massive protest in song to stop the proposed sale of Forestry Commission woodlands.
Anyone who attends the event, which begins at 6pm, is being invited to join in a resounding rendition of the Battle Hymn of the Dean – last sung when our woodlands were similarly threatened in 1993/94.
Penned by the late Lily Dunn, the rallying call will hopefully be backed (as in the last battle) by Forest of Dean Male Voice Choir members. Dave Harvey has agreed to be MC.
•The Fern Bonfire, organised through the Fern Committee by Forest of Dean Lions and Severn Dean Lions Club, starts at 6pm (gates open 5pm) with the lighting of the bonfire. Fireworks follow at 7.30pm Entry is £5 which goes to local charities (accompanied children of primary school age or younger free).