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AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2010

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Workdays, Saturdays (10 a.m. - 1 p.m.)

East of the A38:     Sat. 2 Oct:                    Apple picking in New Orchard

                                    Sat. 6 Nov:                 Grass cutting at Primrose Bridge and

                                    verges

Sat. 4 Dec:                 Clearing Manor Pond and tidying

                                    Common

West of the A38:     Sat.18 Sept:                 Tree Enclosure on Tumps

Sat. 16 Oct:                Tunnel mouth on Tumps

                                    Sat. 20 Nov:               Gorse Covert

Please contact any of those listed at the end of the Newsletter for details of where to meet for Workdays or check the information on the website

www.patchway-town.co.uk

Evening Meetings at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesdays each month in the Council Offices at Callicroft House, Rodway Road.  Combined with a meeting of Patchway Recycling Group:    21 September, 19 October and 16 November.

GORSE COVERT

Residents living around Gorse Covert who want to get involved with improving the woods and adjoining grassed areas joined us for a work day on Saturday 19 June and the local community worker and youth club members also came along to help and enjoyed a free barbecue for all helpers.

At a meeting following this workday it was agreed by the residents that, rather than setting up a separate Friends Group, they would join with the Conservation Group when we held events at Gorse Covert and we will be adding them all to our mailing list for this Newsletter.    We all agreed that, if we can manage to do this, it would be a good idea to deliver notes to the houses surrounding the wood in the week before a work day to invite residents to come and join us.

During Patchway Festival in July we organised a Family Activity Day in Gorse Covert when the Education Officer of Avon Wildlife Trust laid on a variety of children’s activities which attracted over 30 children to make masks from leaves and twigs, explore the wildlife in the wood, learn about butterflies and beetles observed in the long grass and enjoy a day outside.   The Conservation Group cleared litter and debris from the woods and ponds and cooked a BBQ lunch for everyone.

CONCORDE MUSEUM

We are enclosing a leaflet inviting you to a meeting on 10 August to discuss the new Concorde Museum which is being built alongside The

Vue Cinema near The Mall.    If you are interested in the aviation history of Patchway, please do go along and take part in the discussion.  You will need to ring and book as they are providing lunch.

VISIT TO SLIMBRIDGE

We had such a fantastic day at Slimbridge in March that we hope to go again in the autumn.   We will let you know when we have a date fixed.

GARDEN SOCIETY EVENTS

Please see the September issue of Patchway People for the Garden Society evening meetings on Mondays during the winter months, as they had not been confirmed when this Newsletter was being prepared.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CONSERVATION GROUP FROM:

Les Brooks,                           Joe Hicks,                                   Lucy Hamid,

64 Callicroft Road,               30 Bourton Avenue,                   50 Eastfield Road,

Patchway.                               Patchway.                                    Westbury-on-Trym.

Tel: 0117-940-0020             Tel: 01454-898369                   Tel: 01454-868530

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