A young resident toasts the Daisy Field tree in traditional style

Thanks to the efforts of local resident Caroline Penny, Shirehampton’s peaceful Wassail protest against the Council’s possible development plans for the Daisy Field was a great success.

Almost 150 people turned out to enjoy a special wassail brew of apple juice and spices, and watch local dance troupe Rag Morris perform their traditional dances on Shirehampton Green. They then led a march down to the Daisy Field where they toasted the trees and invited on-lookers to partake in a Morris Dance themselves.

The event was organised to demonstrate the community’s need for the land, and to dissuade Bristol City Council from including the site from sites listed as at risk from development or sale, in their Parks and Green Spaces Strategy consultation document. The document was going to be published this month, but has been postponed until after the local elections, in June.

You can watch some footage from the event below.
Saving the Daisy Field

Morris Dancing and toasting the trees

If you’d like to find out more about the Morris Dancing, go to www.ragmorris.com!