Friends of Parkinson's Park CIC

On Sunday, we are celebrating Autumn’s bounty and planting in hope for a beautiful Springtime display.

Bring along your garden and windfall apples for juicing and collect some daffodil bulbs for planting around the Park, including the approaches along Kelcliffe Lane, Oxford Avenue, Greenshaw.

Apples juicing is a good way to ensure that apples are put to good use, and not wasted. They need to be in a reasonable condition, ie not rotting, and it would be helpful if you can wash them before you bring them. They are cut up and crushed for juice that lasts 3 – 4 days if left in a fridge, longer if frozen. (Bring a bottle/jug to put it in.) We are supported in this by Urban Harvest.

As with the national Jubilee Pageant, the Parkinson’s Park Big Jubilee Picnic celebrated the different decades of the Queen’s 70 year Reign. Instead of a pageant we chose to do it via the Corgi Trail around seven of the entrances, and also in a display of fashion – which people could also wear.

We asked seven different groups to interpret each decade for us, and we’d like to say thank you to them for their invention and hard work in preparing and setting up. We hope people enjoyed the look back through British culture and its changes.

1950s

Down at the Greenshaw Gate Hazel Berry chose to recreate the 1953 Coronation and street celebrations; this was a much photographed chair by passersby !!

1960s

At the Farm Gate, Abi James and her High School Art Class. Libby, Amelia, Nate, Beatriz, Summer and Thomas, together with the Yarns Well Spun project beautifully interpreted the culture of the 1960s through a Jasper Johns inspired pop art display as well as a demonstration of their handicraft – remember those 1960s crochet dresses?