Author Archives: Jennifer Inskip Kirkby

About Jennifer Inskip Kirkby

Director and Vice Chair of Friends of Parkinson's Park CIC, Chair of Aireborough Neighbourhood Forum and Facilitator of Inskip One-Name Study. Has a degree in Local History (University of Cambridge), and Economics (University of Leeds). Now retired after a career as a Business Analyst and Advisor.

2019 Spring Clean – 24 March

Posted on March 16, 2019

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I wandered lonely as a cloud ……

Posted on March 1, 2019

Well, we haven’t quite reached Wordsworth’s standards but over the years the Friends have planted many daffodil bulbs in the Park courtesy of the charity Groundwork who work to provide ‘green places’  with the aim that People who live in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology

Winter Work

Posted on January 31, 2019

The New Year has seen a number of maintenance jobs completed around the Park.   Firstly,  woodchip has been laid on the bottom path to help making walking easier.   Thanks to Shaun Smith and helper from Elite Garden Maintenance for this. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology, Facilities, Regeneration

Lunar Eclipse Over Parkinson’s Park

Posted on January 21, 2019

Lunar eclipse over Parkinson’s Park around 4.40am, this is nearly total eclipse. Across the moon are some tree branches. As the eclipse became almost total, some birds began to sing. This is as close as I can get it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

Learning to Wassail

Posted on January 20, 2019

To get the Community Orchard into good shape and renovate some of the old apple trees in the Park some of the Friends are attending pruning courses run by the Orchard Project. We are also lucky to have people from … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology, Events

2019 Parkinson’s Park Events

Posted on January 16, 2019

Our 2019 Events will be as follows: over the year we may well add in new events and confirm dates when we know them.  We’ve also added several significant local and national anniversaries. EVENTS 24th March – 10.30am Great British … Continue reading →

Posted in Events

New Year In The Planning

Posted on January 12, 2019

The Friends of Parkinson’s Park would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.   Planning is now underway for the 2019 maintenance and event schedule for the Park and now is the time for ideas for Park improvements or events … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends