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February 2020 February 2020

Our Next Conservation Working Parties – Come and Join Us GARDENING CLUB
Spring is almost upon us, so spring into action and come and join us on one of our
conservation working parties.
Twenty four members extended the festive
The next working parties will be held on: season into the new year with our new year
meal at the Kings Arms Stoborough. The
Saturday 1st February, Saturday 7th March and Saturday 4 April 2020.
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meal was very much enjoyed and enabled members not only to enjoy an
We have a range of jobs to do alongside the stream, including some more excellent meal but to sit and talk and catch up.
riverside coppicing, fencing part of the Souls Moor pond and clearing th
undergrowth to allow wild flowers to flourish. Your help will conserve the best of Our year starts with our February meeting on Tuesday 4 February in the Drax Hall
at 7.30. this looks like an interesting talk by Alice May. “The house that sat
what is already there and make the stream and its environs even more wildlife
friendly. down!!!?”
It is about her coming home and literally watching her house fall down. A
We meet by the stream bridge bear to the Scout Hut, Elder Road at 10am or you
can find us along the river. We normally finish about 12.00. All are welcome – nightmare not something one wants to think about. The talk is about how she
young (under 16s should be accompanied by an adult) or old, active or less so – and her family dealt with this problem and she and her family subsequently living
there are tasks for all. If you have some loppers or hand saws please bring them in the garden.
with you – if you don’t, no problem we’ll have some spares along with other tools. I hope to see all our regulars there and we get back to educational gardening
talks in March when we tackle ideas for the eradication of weeds.

Contact Us

If you would like to know more about the work of the Wildlife Group or to be
included on our mailing list, please contact:
Tony Bates at tonybates19@gmail.com / 01929 471563 or 90TH BIRTHDAY THANKS

Amy Yates at AmyEyeats@hotmail.com
Thank you to all the friends and family who sent
Mike Gee at mike.n.g@outlook.com / 0775 988 4942. cards, face book messages and to those who
came to my party.
Also to the good friends and family who helped
my daughters with all the preparations for the
party. It was a wonderful surprise to walk in and
see so many people, some of whom I hadn't seen
for a while.

Your very kind donations raised £200 which I will
send to the British Red Cross.
My sincere thanks to you all,

Eileen Maidment.

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