A group of us who live across the road from the park and have been making pottery items for the railings at Gill Banks plan to do something similar on the railings surrounding the children’s play area. We’ve caught the pottery ‘bug’ and its fun . . . and not at all difficult - total beginners can do it! Geoff Dellow who helped do Gill Banks, is bringing his gear and supplies so that all we need is some ideas and hands – both children and adults!
At the same time we’ve been in touch with South Lakeland District Council. Their officials are also concerned to bring the park up to a high standard and welcome the involvement of local people. We are being invited to give our input into what the park could look like in the future. Our view is that rather than be dependent on overstretched council workers we plan to take on small tasks ourselves and coordinate these with more ambitious plans from the Council.
We are discussing the idea of forming an official group. In this way we become eligible for grants for items up to about £1000. By working together with all the users of the park both young and older we will have a voice with officialdom: councillors, officials and the police so that our views will be taken seriously.
So we’d like to discuss these ideas and the future possibilities with as many local people as possible. We can conveniently do this, at the pottery activity, with anyone that can drop in for a chat between 1 and 5 on Saturday 26th September.
We plan to erect a Market Stall in the park on this Saturday so whatever the weather we will have cover, though the present forecast is neither good nor bad! (Further details from Geoff Dellow - tel 480347)
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