Allotment holders who defeated the 12th Duke of Northumberland Ralph Percy - one of the UK’s richest landowners - in a ‘peasants’ revolt’ have accused him of renewed efforts to ‘bully’ them off their plots.
Allotment holders who defeated one of the UK’s richest landowners in a ‘peasants’ revolt’ have accused him of renewed efforts to ‘bully’ them off their plots.
Several plots are currently abandoned and overrun with weeds, he admitted, but only thanks to a seven-year plot to ‘make the site look unused and going to rack and ruin’. ‘Some of the growers left the site because they couldn’t cope with that insecurity, while others have kept their plots but are choosing not to grow because of the stress of the situation.
After receiving 900 letters of opposition from locals, councillors agreed it would unacceptably downsize the allotments by three-quarters and ‘kill off’ the wildlife that thrives around them. ‘It’s a beautiful nature reserve. You’re always surrounded by birds, we have ponds filled with newts and frogs. I’ve counted at least five species of bats.’
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