Eastington’s Approaches to Reducing Speed

EARS - ‘Eastington’s Approaches to Reducing Speed of Traffic Through the Village’ is a group of independent parishioners (affiliated to the Parish council) who are working in our spare time to improve road safety in our parish.

But it’s not all about getting others to provide more ‘signs, road bumps & traffic wardens’!  It’s as much more about what we can do to help ourselves and make our village look good and feel great.


We need to feel good about ourselves and make it clear to all, that Eastington is not just a rat-run!  It’s about trying to get into the heads of drivers and motorcyclists and even walkers, that when you come into the village, you’re arriving somewhere special!


Therefore please Help Us raise the funding necessary for this first floral display, but it’s just a 'starter for ten’, an example of what we could do in following years with peoples ideas and input.

 If you like it – please let us know.


The floral displays are rented (from Plantscape), could be in place from June to September & they are the same as the ones you may have seen recently in Stonehouse.

As always EARS would welcome any other ideas that parishioners could offer to help improve the way we look and to show that we are proud of this lovely village!


By donating any saleable items - books, cds, clothes, games and equipment etc - which you may have but no longer need and allowing us to sell them on your behalf, you’d be making a real  difference to where we live!   And don’t worry – we’ll even arrange to come around and pick them up from your home?


Just call – one of the group members on the numbers below:-

David Aston    | 01453 823035 or 07774 288822.

Pauline Allen   | 01453 822068 or 07775 926587

Jennie Corrie  | 01453 827 718

Tina  Davies   | 07989 966 007

We’ll happily arrange a convenient collection time with you, but don’t delay getting in touch, because the car boot sale we wish to attend is taking place on Sunday 5th July.      


EARS - ‘Eastington’s Approaches to Reducing Speed of Traffic Through the Village’

I’m David Aston and I live at The Lodge, 19 Bath Road.  Together with colleagues on the village’s newly- formed speed reduction group called EARS for short, we’d like to ask for your help?  Help in brightening up our village and reducing speeding at the same time.  

EARS’ we’ve already got, but it’s 'car boot’ contributions we urgently need!

We’re asking you to donate any spare saleable items, so we can take them to a local Car Boot Sale later in the summer and sell them on all our behalf.  


It follows a decision at a recent meeting of the group to attend the Gloucester Car Boot sale on Sunday 5th July and to use any money raised to help pay for a new high visibility floral display right in the centre of our village, as indicated in the photo below.

We need to raise £180 to have the floral display made and sited next to The Cross in the centre of the village and not only does it look good, but research suggests that motorists are more likely to show due care and attention whilst driving through communities, which appear well loved and cared for.  


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