One printed page in the form of an official Elizabethan decree produced by BARD (Better Accessible Responsible Development) c. 2008, which contests the development of an eco-town in Long Marston, Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Front highlights key complaints against an eco-town under the title "Protect Stratford: Posterity before Profit...Please!", and reverse presents their rejection of an eco-town in the form of a Shakespearean sonnet beginning "This quiet realm of peace, this rural isle" with the header "On Shakespeare's birthday: a plea to DCLG!". Reverse bears a receipt stamp added by the Campaign for Better Transport.

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CFBT/7/3/1
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