Sunday 28th October 2012:
Rikardo, anxiously moved by the threat of a speculative developer to build houses on Home Farm, at Boreham, which in turns threatens the peace and tranquility of Battlesbury Hill which overlooks the area, has sent us this poem he has written. He says “I’m concerned about all these houses and the cars this development will bring, and the pollution that will result.” Encouraging everyone to take a pro-active stand against the development, he adds: “Revolution provokes and prolongs decision, giving a voice to the people and alternative choice.”
The Tranquil And Beautiful Battlesbury
(Our Land, Our Hill)
We’re saying no to the houses
To the overspill
The cars and the pollution
And anything that threatens
To spoil or kill
The tranquil and beautiful Battlesbury
Our land, Our hill.
It’s all about the big money
The fat wallets and the till
A tale of greed on overflow
From the topping of your fill.
Just let it be
Listen and see
What we’re all standing for
You won’t shut us up
You won’t shut us out
We’ll keep hammering hard
Breaking down your door
Forever into eternity.
Long may we continue
To give peace a chance
To the tranquil and beautiful Battlesbury
Our land, Our hill.
Battlesbury Hill, photographed by Danny Howell.
The view looks north from Home Farm at Boreham.