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The Protectors of Public Lands met at my station last week.\u00a0 This community group are battle hardened if somewhat less knight-in shining-armour than the name suggests.\u00a0 They are determined to get a Zebra Crossing between the station and the zoo.\u00a0 Their excellent underlying aim is to persuade the zoo to encourage more use of public transport rather than putting more of Royal Park under parking.<\/p>\n

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I took the opportunity to bend their ears about (lobby for) some the things my station lacks \u2013 good signage to the zoo entrance, a video display of train arrivals, weekend station staff.\u00a0 Then the Protectors were off to take a news photo of themselves stopping traffic on the road along with a couple of women with a pram they co-opted on the spot and a large white Samoyed dog who I think was only in the photograph because the news photographer thought he was really cute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Protectors of Public Lands met at my station last week.\u00a0 This community group are battle hardened if somewhat less knight-in shining-armour than the name suggests.\u00a0 They are determined to get a Zebra Crossing between the station and the zoo.\u00a0 Their excellent underlying aim is to persuade the zoo to encourage more …<\/p>\n

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