14 February PM – For National Nest Box Week we will be putting up some robin nest boxes and some bug hotels. This is a Little Friends Event for parents/carers and children.
24 February AM – Friends Park Working Party, to do a variety of tidying and maintenance jobs such as varnish the benches, clear around the copse hedges, and tend the herb garden . Continue reading
Parkinson’s Park sits behind what used to be the Crompton Parkinson site on Netherfield Road: it can be approached via a number of entrances on Kelcliffe Lane, Greenshaw Terrace, Netherfield Crescent and Hillside Avenue. It was given to the people of Guiseley to use as a park by Frank and Albert Parkinson during the 1930’s: it has been in continuous use for walks, play, and events since that time. It is now owned by the developer Bellway Homes, who, along with Local Councillors and organizations like RHS and Groundwork, have supported the Friends of Parkinson’s Park CIC (FOPP) in their efforts to make this an attractive green space once again for community use. On these pages you can follow and comment on the progress that is made – we also need your stories of the park, as well as pictures, and comments on how you would like the park to devleop. We warmly welcome all contributions, or just sign up to follow us on this site or on Twitter (parkinsons_pk). If you use foursquare :: on your smartphone, check in and leave a tip for other visitors.
Photograph above by Darren Sanderson and in the header by Julie Wilks.
Residents who attended the Tales Told Festival March to the Stars event on Saturday had a ‘magical time’. Quotes include
“..fab evening! It was like a scene from ‘The Darling Buds of May’ and it was delightful!”
” Well done to the Tales Told team for making the Park look so magical.”
“What an absolutely lovely family & community festival on the park this evening. So great to see so many families and young and old alike having fun together in such a great space.”
There were some beautiful photographs taken by Julie Wilks (Guiseley Art Club) and Liakat Parapia (Aireborough Camera Club) of which the below are a selection. (Others avilable on our Facebook Page).
The Tales Told Finale “March to the Stars” will be held in Parkinson’s Park on Saturday 30th June, organized by Codswallop CIC, who run the Tales Told Festival.
There will be a lantern parade from Guiseley Theatre at 7.30pm. Then, at 8pm in the Park will be a variety of stalls, games and entertainers including live musicians. The event will finish with up to 10mins of fireworks at 10pm, by the professional company who have done the display in the Park before.
There is a map on how to get to the Park here. Continue reading
There are a number of people who are signed up to receive emails from updated posts on the Friends of Parkinson’s Park website. If you do not wish to receive post updates via this method from FOPP from 25th May 2018 please go to the bottom of this email and unsubscribe. If by any chance you continue to receive updates when you don’t want them then email us on parkinsonspark@gmail.com and we will remove your email from the website manually.
Emails that are on the system from 25th May 2018 will be taken to be those belonging to people who still wish to receive website post updates. They will not be used for any other purpose. You can unsubscribe at anytime.
The Friends are having a ‘social’ at 7.15pm, at Guiseley Methodist Church to update Friends old and new about the Park. There will also be a talk about the Park’s history, as well as refreshments. Please let us know by email parkinsonspark@gmail.com if you are coming for numbers.
Spring is on the way, and we are having a Friends working party this Saturday to start some important jobs.
If you’d like to join us, meet at 10am near the top copse.
Jobs include
Pruning and strimming – Community Orchard
Hedge regeneration – Top Copse
Clearing Top Copse of brambles
Putting up remaining bird boxes
Litter picking
Children’s Gala 2018
Theme for the Children’s Gala on 2 September 2018 will be ‘Enchanted Woodland Folk’. So, lots of time to get those costumes made.
If you’d like to run a game or event linked to this theme, or help at the Gala email us on parkinsonspark@gmail.com
Picture – from the Forbidden Corner
One Saturday Morning a month call Andy on 07769671382 for more information,
