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Lantern Parade – Marking the Route
Here is the route the Lantern Parade will follow on Sunday 15th December, setting off at 4pm from the Park (red marker) – see earlier item for full details. We are also pleased to announced that Cecil Green Arts, from … Continue reading →
Lantern Parade and Carols – 15th December 2013
The Friends of Parkinson’s Park invite residents to come and take part in Guiseley’s first community Lantern Parade, Sunday 15th December 2013, between 4 – 5.30pm. This will be supported by Red Nose Community Cash, and be part of the … Continue reading →
All Our Stories – Parkinson’s Park Puts Digital Record on History Pin
As part of our heritage lottery fund (HLF) grant, we have to provide a permanent digital record of our All Our Stories project. The chosen HLF media for doing this is History Pin, and we have just finished setting up … Continue reading →
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All Our Stories – Out of the Mists of Time
The purpose of the All Our Stories, HLF grant, is to tell the story of the ‘ordinary’ people, who have used the Park land down the ages. We knew the recent history, from when the Parkinson brothers acquiring the land … Continue reading →
All Our Stories – Building Bridges At The 2013 Children’s Gala
Parkinson’s Park built a bridge from the past to the future on Sunday, as the first Children’s Gala to be held there in 20 odd years brought out the sunshine, the crowds and the generosity of many organizations and people. … Continue reading →
All Our Stories – Reviving the Annual Guiseley Children’s Gala
Crompton Parkinson’s held their first Children’s Gala in 1949 in the Park. This became an annual event, much loved and looked forward to by the children of staff, and local children lucky enough to be have tickets. The last gala … Continue reading →
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All Our Stories – 80’s Boyhood in Parkinson’s Park
One of the next stages in the All Our Stories project is to record some oral history of the Park, and the part it has played in people’s lives. To help us do this ‘correctly’, Adam Perry came along from … Continue reading →
All Our Stories – Bugs in May
For the All Our Stories project we are looking at the natural, geological and cultural history of the Park. Joanna Brooks is running the ecological project and in May asked Andrew Grayson, an experienced entomologist, and member of the Yorkshire … Continue reading →
All Our Stories – Ploughing Through Time
The GSB Prospection geophysics team of Jimmy Adcock and Finn Pope Carter, have now finished in Parkinson’s Park, and we are delighted with the results – so far. We were most concerned that they would come back empty-handed and tell … Continue reading →
All Our Stories – Geophysics Survey Takes Place This Week
The geophysics survey of the Park takes place this week, 24th – 26th July, between 9am and 5pm, to establish if there is any archaeology that can help us tell the story of this area. We are particularly concentrating on … Continue reading →
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