I SEE that the devil is being brought into the argument about development at Coate.

The letter from Freshbrook gave me a feeling of deja vu; I had heard Satan invoked in a similar cause to Mr Adams' some years ago. I was with a group of locals standing atop Lydiard Millicent church tower.

Comments were made on the view of green fields being covered by the buildings of Swindon's westward expansion. One old farmer muttered: "It's the work of the devil." I thought it was a quaint expression but sympathised with his sentiments.

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Purton