Conservationists Up In Arms Over Car Park
Local historians and conservationists were today up in arms following a recent town council decision to repair the church car park in Eaton Socon.
The car park has been in a terrible state for years and was closed by the council on safety grounds. However, local resident and chairman of the local history group Dorothy Magnacarta commented, “We were so pleased when it was fenced off, it preserved the character of the area. Now we could lose it forever.”
The car park is rumoured to have been used secretly in the 1970’s to film an episode of Dr Who. Series expert Hartnell Pertwee-Tennant told the Citizen “It was used in 1978 when Tom Baker was smuggled into town to film ‘Crinoids and the Keys to the Tardis’, the episode where Baker loses the keys to his time-travelling police box, falsely accusing the Crinoids and during the ensuing intergalactic war finding them lodged in Louise Jameson’s thong. The sand pit in Dorset normally used to film in was already booked for Blake’s 7, so we needed an alternative location that resembled the Crinoids home planet Kuntoris. The potholes and earthy texture provided the perfect location.”
Church goers were pleased by news of the imminent repairs. They had been having to park a good 20 second walk away while it was closed. Flower arranger Edna Bunions was “overjoyed” to hear that the car park was going to reopen, as she can now park when using Tesco and catch the bus to Bedford.
The council had decided to take up a generous offer from local councillor Norbert Barrier who has offered to do it himself.
We contacted the town council about the offer. “It was a generous gesture, we understand he is a man of means, perhaps he’ll build us a fucking pool and a cinema next?” commented council leader Julia Wayward.
Conservationists were organising as excavation team to look for items of historical significance before the area is permanently ruined by tarmac. Local historian Henry Tibbet, who wished he had a Tardis, commented “This is a very old car park and we expect to find some important artefacts. It has been rumoured that Tom Baker might have dropped some jelly babies and perhaps a couple of fag-ends here.”
Billie Piper was unavailable to comment.
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