Post by wilbarra on Dec 6, 2015 11:52:43 GMT
WHY SHOULD WE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR ALLOTMENTS.
BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF OUR OLDEST TRADITIONS AND HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS
AND MEN HAVE ACTUALLY DIED DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN ALLOTMENT.
THE REAL START TO OUR ALLOTMENT SCENE WAS MADE BY WILLIAM THE FIRST WHEN HE GAVE ALLOTMENTS
OF LAND TO THE POOR IN RETURN FOR WORK DONE FOR THE OWNERS OF THE LAND THEY WERE GIVEN.
ALTHOUGH HAROLD BEFORE HIM (HIM WHO GOT AN ARROW IN HIS EYE AT HASTINGS)HAD STARTED THE SCHEME IT WAS
FAR MORE AN HAPHAZARD SCHEME THAN THE ONE SET OUT BY WILLIAM.
THE NEXT BIG STEP WAS WHEN HENRY THE EIGHTH ,LIKE ALL SUCCESSFUL DICTATORS AND TYRANTS MADE SURE HE
KEPT IN WITH THE WORKING CLASS BY GIVING THEM CHUNKS OF LAND WHICH HE ,IN TURN,HAD TAKEN OFF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
THIS LAND WAS OFTEN SUPERVISED BY A MEMBER OF THE NEWLY FORMED CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
THIS WAS THE START OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND ALLOTMENT SITES THAT ARE STILL IN
EVIDENCE TODAY.
ALTHOUGH IN A LOT OF PLACES THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND HAS BETRAYED THAT TRUST AND SOLD OFF THE LAND TO THE
GREAT PREDATOR ,THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.
THE ALLOTMENT SCENE AS WE KNOW IT ,REALLY CAME INTO BEING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WHEN THE NEW
WEALTHY OF THIS COUNTRY ,THE OWNERS OF THE MILLS AND FACTORIES IN THE CITIES AND TOWNS, STARTED GIVING LAND
TO THE WORKERS FOR USE AS A MEANS TO GROWING FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THIS ACT WAS NOT OUT OF KINDNESS OF THEIR HEARTS .
THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SPENT THEIR SUNDAYS WORKING THEIR PLOTS WERE FITTER FOR WORK ON THE
MONDAY THAN THE ONES THAT HAD SPENT THEIR DAY OFF DRINKING.
IT WAS IN THIS PERIOD THAT UNIONS STARTED TO CALL OUT MEN ON STRIKE AND A LOT OF THEM HAD ONLY THEIR
ALLOTMENTS AS THE ONLY MEANS OF PROVIDING FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THE FACTORY OWNERS REALIZING THIS,TRIED TO GET THESE ALLOTMENTS CLOSED DOWN.
THERE ARE CASES IN THE INDUSTRIAL CITIES WHERE IN THE ENSUING BATTLES THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE WORKERS
AND THE AUTHORITIES ALLOTMENT HOLDERS WERE KILLED.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT THE GOVERNMENT BOUGHT IN THE ACT OF 1878 WHICH MADE COUNCILS RESPONSIBLE
FOR PROVIDING LAND FOR ALLOTMENTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN ACTS PASSED SINCE MOST NOTABLE THE 1920 AND 1925 ACTS WHICH GAVE A LOT OF FURTHER
SAFEGUARDS TO ALLOTMENT HOLDERS.
IN MORE RECENT TIMES THE THORPE REPORT OF 1964 RECOMMENDED THAT ALLOTMENTS BE MADE A PLACE OF RECREATION
AND LEISURE.
THIS MEANS THAT COUNCILS HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE SAME LAWS AS ANY LANDLORD OF PROPERTY.
SINCE 2004 A LOT MORE RIGHTS WERE GIVEN TO ALLOTMENT HOLDERS IN BOTH THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
SORRY I HAVE GONE ON A BIT BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS :
WHEN NEXT YOU STAND ON YOUR PIECE OF GROUND IN WHICHEVER ALLOTMENT YOU MAY BE ,REMEMBER THE PEOPLE
WHO FOUGHT AND GAVE YOU THAT RIGHT AND DONT BETRAY THEM BY NOT DOING YOUR BEST WITH IT.
BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF OUR OLDEST TRADITIONS AND HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS
AND MEN HAVE ACTUALLY DIED DEFENDING THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN ALLOTMENT.
THE REAL START TO OUR ALLOTMENT SCENE WAS MADE BY WILLIAM THE FIRST WHEN HE GAVE ALLOTMENTS
OF LAND TO THE POOR IN RETURN FOR WORK DONE FOR THE OWNERS OF THE LAND THEY WERE GIVEN.
ALTHOUGH HAROLD BEFORE HIM (HIM WHO GOT AN ARROW IN HIS EYE AT HASTINGS)HAD STARTED THE SCHEME IT WAS
FAR MORE AN HAPHAZARD SCHEME THAN THE ONE SET OUT BY WILLIAM.
THE NEXT BIG STEP WAS WHEN HENRY THE EIGHTH ,LIKE ALL SUCCESSFUL DICTATORS AND TYRANTS MADE SURE HE
KEPT IN WITH THE WORKING CLASS BY GIVING THEM CHUNKS OF LAND WHICH HE ,IN TURN,HAD TAKEN OFF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
THIS LAND WAS OFTEN SUPERVISED BY A MEMBER OF THE NEWLY FORMED CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
THIS WAS THE START OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND ALLOTMENT SITES THAT ARE STILL IN
EVIDENCE TODAY.
ALTHOUGH IN A LOT OF PLACES THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND HAS BETRAYED THAT TRUST AND SOLD OFF THE LAND TO THE
GREAT PREDATOR ,THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.
THE ALLOTMENT SCENE AS WE KNOW IT ,REALLY CAME INTO BEING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WHEN THE NEW
WEALTHY OF THIS COUNTRY ,THE OWNERS OF THE MILLS AND FACTORIES IN THE CITIES AND TOWNS, STARTED GIVING LAND
TO THE WORKERS FOR USE AS A MEANS TO GROWING FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THIS ACT WAS NOT OUT OF KINDNESS OF THEIR HEARTS .
THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SPENT THEIR SUNDAYS WORKING THEIR PLOTS WERE FITTER FOR WORK ON THE
MONDAY THAN THE ONES THAT HAD SPENT THEIR DAY OFF DRINKING.
IT WAS IN THIS PERIOD THAT UNIONS STARTED TO CALL OUT MEN ON STRIKE AND A LOT OF THEM HAD ONLY THEIR
ALLOTMENTS AS THE ONLY MEANS OF PROVIDING FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
THE FACTORY OWNERS REALIZING THIS,TRIED TO GET THESE ALLOTMENTS CLOSED DOWN.
THERE ARE CASES IN THE INDUSTRIAL CITIES WHERE IN THE ENSUING BATTLES THAT DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE WORKERS
AND THE AUTHORITIES ALLOTMENT HOLDERS WERE KILLED.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT THE GOVERNMENT BOUGHT IN THE ACT OF 1878 WHICH MADE COUNCILS RESPONSIBLE
FOR PROVIDING LAND FOR ALLOTMENTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN ACTS PASSED SINCE MOST NOTABLE THE 1920 AND 1925 ACTS WHICH GAVE A LOT OF FURTHER
SAFEGUARDS TO ALLOTMENT HOLDERS.
IN MORE RECENT TIMES THE THORPE REPORT OF 1964 RECOMMENDED THAT ALLOTMENTS BE MADE A PLACE OF RECREATION
AND LEISURE.
THIS MEANS THAT COUNCILS HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE SAME LAWS AS ANY LANDLORD OF PROPERTY.
SINCE 2004 A LOT MORE RIGHTS WERE GIVEN TO ALLOTMENT HOLDERS IN BOTH THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
SORRY I HAVE GONE ON A BIT BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS :
WHEN NEXT YOU STAND ON YOUR PIECE OF GROUND IN WHICHEVER ALLOTMENT YOU MAY BE ,REMEMBER THE PEOPLE
WHO FOUGHT AND GAVE YOU THAT RIGHT AND DONT BETRAY THEM BY NOT DOING YOUR BEST WITH IT.