I should like the Forester to remain a pub. I and my family have enjoyed the pub over the past many years and one of daughters worked there after University. Once a local pub goes it rarely comes back and too many are lost for ever.
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Susan Penn
15 days ago
We miss having a good local restaurant.
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Nigel Penn
15 days ago
The village needs a good pub restaurant
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Jeannette Martin
20 days ago
Pubs have been part of village community life for hundreds of years. Greedy pub companies have contributed to their demise. Any pub saved is a bonus to the community.
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Melissa Kilburn
1 month ago
As a former member of staff at The Forester it would be such a shame for this village to lose its only community asset. It has always been a pub for hundreds of years and should remain à pub.
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Roger Thomas
1 month ago
The beating heart of any community; when that goes it's more than a loss of a building.
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Sarah Pickford
1 month ago
I believe the pub would be an invaluable and very important asset for this rural community. It would help to foster community relations which is so important currently and as a meeting point to give people feeling isolated a place to make contacts.
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Supporter
1 month ago
I've enjoyed a few meals at The Foresters; I appreciate its special hospitality; cosy rooms, log fires, dog friendly (I always met such nicer dogs there!).
Rural village pubs are special; they're not commodities to be abandoned, they take centuries to acquire their characters; they speak to history, to a time of tight and mutually-supporting communities through thick and thin.
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Mike Masterson
1 month ago
Pubs are the lifeblood of villages in the uk
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Alexander MB
1 month ago
For the Community to meet, chat, socialise
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Richard Eaton
1 month ago
The Forester is pivotal to village life. More than a pub it’s been the focus of the village.
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Polly Tye
1 month ago
Please don’t let our pub be turned into a house. We have raised enough to purchase it and as a village we can’t wait for it to reopen as a place to meet, drink and eat, but also a village hub, perhaps a self service shop as we cannot walk to one, I hope both my children will be able to have summer jobs there that they can walk to. It would be such a shame to lose it especially with so much well organised support and funds behind the campaign.
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Nick Doble
1 month ago
It's important to keep public houses like The Forester open. A great hub for the local community and brings revenue to the area from vistors
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Charles Mason
1 month ago
The fortester has been a popular pub that would otherwise be sorely missed
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Martin Hobbs
2 months ago
I believe the Forester can survive with the right ownership AND serve the community.
J
Joe Camel
2 months ago
Pubs need to know the cavalry is coming - Andy Burnham, British Prime Minister
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Suzie Gooch
2 months ago
I was brought up in Donhead St. Andrew and still like to go to support the Forester when I visit my family from Suffolk where I now live.
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Susan Morris
2 months ago
To save an important part of our village life and a vital community hub for the future.
I should like the Forester to remain a pub. I and my family have enjoyed the pub over the past many years and one of daughters worked there after University. Once a local pub goes it rarely comes back and too many are lost for ever.
We miss having a good local restaurant.
The village needs a good pub restaurant
Pubs have been part of village community life for hundreds of years. Greedy pub companies have contributed to their demise. Any pub saved is a bonus to the community.
As a former member of staff at The Forester it would be such a shame for this village to lose its only community asset. It has always been a pub for hundreds of years and should remain à pub.
The beating heart of any community; when that goes it's more than a loss of a building.
I believe the pub would be an invaluable and very important asset for this rural community. It would help to foster community relations which is so important currently and as a meeting point to give people feeling isolated a place to make contacts.
I've enjoyed a few meals at The Foresters; I appreciate its special hospitality; cosy rooms, log fires, dog friendly (I always met such nicer dogs there!). Rural village pubs are special; they're not commodities to be abandoned, they take centuries to acquire their characters; they speak to history, to a time of tight and mutually-supporting communities through thick and thin.
Pubs are the lifeblood of villages in the uk
For the Community to meet, chat, socialise
The Forester is pivotal to village life. More than a pub it’s been the focus of the village.
Please don’t let our pub be turned into a house. We have raised enough to purchase it and as a village we can’t wait for it to reopen as a place to meet, drink and eat, but also a village hub, perhaps a self service shop as we cannot walk to one, I hope both my children will be able to have summer jobs there that they can walk to. It would be such a shame to lose it especially with so much well organised support and funds behind the campaign.
It's important to keep public houses like The Forester open. A great hub for the local community and brings revenue to the area from vistors
The fortester has been a popular pub that would otherwise be sorely missed
I believe the Forester can survive with the right ownership AND serve the community.
Pubs need to know the cavalry is coming - Andy Burnham, British Prime Minister
I was brought up in Donhead St. Andrew and still like to go to support the Forester when I visit my family from Suffolk where I now live.
To save an important part of our village life and a vital community hub for the future.
To preserve rural amenities.
A decent pub is vital for a thriving community