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Article: Village split over pub sign ; The landlady of a country pub is calling for a change in the law after she was hit by a bizarre village spat which could threaten the pub's future.
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2008
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The landlady of a country pub is calling for a change in the law
after she was hit by a bizarre village spat which could threaten the
pub's future.
Sue Robson, the landlady of The Saladin pub in Little Somerford,
Wiltshire, will, one the order of planners, today have to take down
her large sign advertising the pub which is popular for its food and
drink.
She had the backing of locals and North Wiltshire MP James Gray,
but one villager objected to the sign, which is a quarter of a mile
away on the main road near the village.
That objector was her neighbour, car mechanic Richard Boulton.
He fired off a complaint to district planners demanding the sign
be taken down, just as he had to when ...