The Society of Merchant Venturers should not be allowed to keep spreading ‘untrue myths’ that they are the ‘saviours of the Downs’, say a group of residents and campaigners.
Campaign group Downs for People, which effectively won a huge legal dispute over the use of the Downs by Bristol Zoo last year, said the people of Bristol should not believe the Merchant Venturers’ version of their own history when it comes to the Downs, as a consultation is due to begin to determine the future governance of the popular public open space.
The Society of Merchant Venturers said it would not be responding to the letter from campaigners, which claimed the Master of the Merchants had made ‘misrepresentations and inaccuracies’ in a public meeting last month.
