Below is the programme for the Lantern Parade on Sunday. Bring a lantern to light your way. It looks like being fine but cold; stout footwear is needed in the Park.. Should it rain, you will find information here and on Facebook as to whether the parade will go ahead.
Yorkshire based artist Eleanor Tomlinson drew several illustrations at the death of the late Queen that superbly captured the mood of the nation, and spread like wildfire across social media. (Unfortunately some people then used the illustrations on commercial goods without paying the copyright fee, which is akin to stealing.)
When we were looking for a photograph to illustrate our Jubilee Tree Story booklet written by Bradford writer Irene Lofthouse who specialises in secret local stories, we asked Eleanor if we could use one of her drawings. We were delighted when she agreed, for the fee of a donation to The Prince’s Trust.
We had a productive year in the Orchard this year and the trees are growing nicely. In January we’ll do the winter pruning and some maintenance work on the trees. Over Christmas we’re celebrating the past year and looking forward to what is to come by lighting some trees and putting up an advent wreath, a different one for each week of advent. We then do a wassail in January to keep away the evil spirits.
Join us this Sunday the 4th December 10-12pm @ Guiseley Theatre for a lantern making workshop run by Lucy from Codswallop CIC. The lanterns can take a while to make so arrive in time.
We hope to see you tomorrow at our stall at Guiseley Christmas Lights Market. Come and say hello. We’ve got the following on offer:
Don’t forget to also visit St Oswald’s Christmas Tree Festival, which opens tomorrow. We’ve put up one of the exhibits for The Queen’s Green Canopy. There are also lots of other lovely trees too done by various local organizations. There will be an Advent Service in the church at 7pm (not the advertised 6.30pm).
Our Queen’s Green Canopy Festive Christmas tree has a range of leaves and regal bits and bobs almost all crafted by Friends. There is crochet, felting, knitting, needle-felting, pipe-cleaner modelling, and marbling. Thanks go to Barbara Winfield, Becky James, Caroline Herries, Jennifer Kirkby, Nicola Denson, Peter Kirkby and Vivien Hornsby-Smith. We choose the theme to go with our main event in 2022, the dedication of the Jubilee Tree and planting more trees in the Park for the Queen’s Green Canopy.
We are very pleased to announce our 9th annual Lantern Parade, the first one was held on 15th December 2013. This year we are grateful to have received partial funding from Leeds Inspired, part of Leeds City Council.
Leeds Inspired was founded in 2012 and is part of the city’s cultural programme that supports high quality, accessible cultural experiences for Leeds’ residents .
They keep a ‘What’s On’ events website. www.leedsinspired.co.uk
Christmas will soon be here. Here are the events FOPP is holding or involved in. More on our ever popular Lantern Parade posted soon.
The Advent Service on the 27th November is the St Oswald’s evening service for the first Sunday in Advent.
Our 2022 community Lantern Parade is on Sunday 11th December, 3.45pm in the Park for a prompt 4pm start, parading down to Guiseley Town Cross for carols with Guiseley Brass Band.
As normal, the Parade will feature a number of large Guiseley Landmark Lanterns to light the way. If you’d like to carry one of this years lanterns, especially if you have done it before, we’d like to hear from you. .
There is only one lantern that is suitable for children to carry.
The Parade will have a rousing beat with a troop of drummers. This year, we have a new lead drummer, and are looking for other drummers to join in – you will need your own drum.
There will be a rehearsal on Monday 21st November, 7-8pm at The Potting Shed.
If you’d like to join in, please let us know on email parkinsonspark@gmail.com.
We first put up our Remembrance Poppy Display during the 2020 November Lockdown, when it looked like Remembrance events would not be allowed. We asked people to put a poppy on the netting at the Farm Gate so we could all remember in the traditional manner. An historic event in its own right !!
This year, we’ve taken all the donated poppies from the last two years and repurposed them in a new 2022 centenary display. This year we especially remember that it is 100 years since the the Guiseley Branch of the Royal British Legion was formed after a meeting at the Town Hall on 17th November 1922 with the aim of providing support to ex servicemen and women and their families.
Friends of Parkinson’s Park would like to thank everyone who came to Apple Day and helped produce the juice. Such a productive team – we must have produced over 10 gallons.
Hope you all enjoy it; if you took some home it needs to be used within 3-4 days, or frozen for later use. Many thanks to Chris Parapia and Jennifer Kirkby for the delicious apple cakes.
Every apple was used, and the waste pulp has now been put around the apple trees, it will mix with the falling leaves to form a mulch and feed the trees. That in turn will help with the mycorrhizal growth – beneficial fungi for good root growth. 
Thank you as well to all those who planted daffodils, or who took bulbs to do so later – around 450 in all. They need to be planted by mid November, in a 4 inch deep hole, pointy end upwards. Then we can look forward to a joyful, spirit lifting display next spring.
Parkinson’s Park
Email ParkinsonsPark@gmail.com for more information
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