Each of the following comments is a transcription of what was written on a Post-it at the Packhorse Fair. (Some people wrote on other people’s Post-its, and some stuck one Post-it on top of another saying “agree” or something similar. Square brackets have been used to help make sense of this).
Comment |
Set up a dog poo wormery |
Desperate need for an old folks’ home |
No more coffee shops |
Proper 40 mph speed enforcement at top of hill, small hamlet, narrow road and very fast cars |
Proper signage at junction, warning road narrows and no HGV’s |
Traffic slow down |
Don’t move the Doctor, because people will drive to Frome, damaging town shops |
[Following on from above] yes keep it where it is |
Don’t move the Dr’s surgery out of town. |
Don’t move it [as above] |
Publically accessible gym |
Please, please light up the dovecote |
A wild flower meadow |
Events as listed all very good, local societies thriving |
Keep man on the bench x 3 |
Keep man on the bench and promote rural look suitable for Bruton |
Convert Park Wall to One Way St, from Godminster Lane to Dropping Lane |
Back up 20 mph with penalties at present too many speeding around town evening and overnight, dangerous when children walking to and from school |
More focus and promotion of business such as Truffles in the west end, which are not even on current Tourist map |
Some more dog bins |
Dog poo bin here |
Campsite required here |
More dog waste bins |
Better entrance to Bruton signs, not so cheap looking |
It’s lovely as it is, don’t change it |
Please no more changes, leave Bruton alone |
Bruton is perfect, I love it |
Charming Town, don’t change a thing esp. not new housing estates |
New housing needed |
No more new housing estates, please |
[from above] if only life were that simple |
Playground for older children |
Light up the Dovecote |
Light up the Dovecote, like many historic structures |
Give the town a pressure wash, lovely buildings looking mucky |
Let Bruton Be! It is a wonderful place to live |
Speed limits throughout the town please |
Proper warning and HGV notice at all approaches to town, even as far away as Hunters Lodge |
Need Council drive to stop dog poo’s being left on paths and roads. Take it home/bin it |
A359 Junction High St / Quaperlake St, Slow / Stop sign needed from High Street to Quaperlake |
Quaperlake – pavements wide enough for people and prams |
Please, please, please sort out street name signs, particularly Mill Lane |
Make Bruton an accessible Town |
If you want more visitors to Town, open the public loos! |
[on above] Encore that |
Two hour parking, Silver Street |
Re-open the public loos |
Yes re-open public loos, it was mad to close them |
[From above] Yes me too! |
[From above] Plus |
Stop Town Centre parking |
Parking – Packhorse Fair!! Street only cleaned one side. Town needs more parking. |
Better footpath with dog bins between Village and Hauser & Wirth |
Residents’ parking, Lusty |
Residents’ parking |
Sort out why can’t transfer why can’t transfer from boarding to day [school] if move |
More information on public footpaths & routes |
Re-open the toilets in the town |
General parking and lack of Police just on patrol. Lived here 6 years, NEVER seen a policeman on patrol. |
Lovely town, let’s get a road to bypass it |
Pedestrianise the High Street for all to use safely. Build a car park. Stop closing the damn roads |
Couldn’t sleep 2 nights in a row, unacceptable noise. |
INCESSANT anti-social noise generated by Gilcombe Farm Festival, totally unfair and unacceptable! |
Would be good if festivals normally stopped at midnight |
Dog mess everywhere, more bins needed |
New housing needed BUT stop highways ‘urbanising’ e.g. with hideous street lights |
More cycle routes needed |
Calming traffic from under railway bridge to Budgens. Coaches parking at bus stop – not good place for bus stop. |
Make stream accessible and make it clean and easy to sit next to |
20 is not plenty, keep it 30 |
Speeding, dropping lane, please! |
Speeding in Station Road leading to dropping lane |
It’s lovely, love everything, including gallery |
Another waste bin in Berkeley Gardens |
Speed limits are fine as they are they just need enforcement. Better to stop lorries breaking weight limit |
Mirror at bottom of Coombe Hill, so drivers coming down Quaperlake Street can see if traffic is coming down |
Improvement pavement to town from Station Road |
Pavement from Church Bridge to Godminster [Station Road] Car Park in a dreadful condition, DANGEROUS |
Absolutely do not start charging for parking |
Start charging for parking |
[from above] please don’t!! |
High Street parking needs MORE enforcement, not less |
Aggressive targeting by over-zealous traffic wardens is detrimental to business, give some slack |
Flowers on Station Road approach – wild ones |
Too much heavy traffic along High Street, plus extra wide vehicles which cause blockages |
Better street cleaning |
Police VOLUNTEER liaisons who work from public area, such as community hall or library, policing issues such as speed, anti-social behaviour, or other concerns can be raised. Volunteers have direct contact with Police in Wincanton |
Dog poo bins, Vineys Yard and Parking Vineys Yard |
Keep free parking |
Surface of Station Car Park |
Right of Way at the end of the High Street? |
Build a ByPass to take away heavy traffic, or our roads will collapse! |
More buildings [housing] for local families |
Where is bridge for footpath |
Bumps or something in Quaperlake St |
Enforcement of speed limits through the town |
Speed control on Frome Road like on Cole Road, please |
Enforce speed limits! Enforce truck weight limits! |
[from above] plus one |
Mobility scooters or wheelchairs in High Street is impossible |
I love Bruton, very friendly! |
Better access Station [station word?] |
20 miles per hour! |
You’d be lucky, traffic at standstill up High Street as it is. |
Cease fesitvals and loud music from Gilcombe Farm |
Set up a park and ride for Gilcombe Farm festivals visiting local supermarkets |
No fireworks on a Sunday night at Gilcombe Farm |
Ban Gilcombe Farm from doing as they please with parties and festivals |
Limit amount of Gilcombe festivals and enforce low sound levels |
Too many loud and v. late festivals at Gilcombe Farm |
Dog poo bin at top of Cuckoo Hill |
Please re-open the loos |
Create a community jobs board for paid and volunteer positions |
Change bottom of Park Road to One Way, dangerous where road narrows with children leaving and going to school |
Join Bruton buddies to help our community |
Revive the High Street |
Toilet and Baby Changing in the new community hall at Jubilee Park open during the day to public! Kid Park |
An area for small industrial units, i.e. business park |