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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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All Our Stories – Expression Through Creative Photography
Light, light, light, “if you only remember one thing from this course; that’s it” said Derek Richards to FOPP members yesterday. How fast, or slow, the light is picked up by the camera, what sort of light you are shooting … Continue reading →
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All Our Stories – Tracking The Past
Part of the success of the geophysics survey at the end of July will come from knowing what might be found – this is where the paper archive research has a vital part to play. Barbara has therefore been to … Continue reading →
All Our Stories – Time Team’s Geophysics Company To Survey the Park
As part of the HLF, All Our Stories project, we are pleased to announce that we have asked CFA Archaeology Ltd, from Cleckheaton to be our archaeologist on the project, and do a geophysical survey of the Park to establish … Continue reading →
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All Our Stories – Film Premier of “Parkinson’s Park – A New Chapter”
Between the start of the Park’s regeneration in November 2011, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June 2012, David Myers, local filmmaker and ex Crompton Parkinson employee, filmed the revival of the Park and its place in the social life … Continue reading →
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