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!” Continue reading
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
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
2017 was the 6th year of Friends of Parkinson’s Park. We formed in 2011 when the fields developed by Crompton Parkinson to replace the old Kelcliffe Recreation Ground had grown into such a wilderness that people would not take their children because of the mess.
Our aim was to make the Park useable again; a landscape for local residents to build new memories to treasure.
A lot has been achieved through the ups and downs of the past 6 years with the input of many people. 2018 will hopefully see things develop further with the help of many more.
Happy New Year from
Chris, Jenny, Andy, Nicola, Barbara, Martyn, Josie, Colin and Fran
Parkinson’s Park
Email ParkinsonsPark@gmail.com for more information
Friends of Parkinson's Park CIC 
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