Church Yard Working Party Sat 26-08-2017
Following on from our very successful working party on 22nd July - notes below - we would like to have a second go on 26th August. All are welcome to come along for all or part of the time to enjoy an excellent cup of coffee or tea, oh, and do bring with you any secateurs, loppers, saws, shears, gloves etc because there will be the opportunity for a little healthy exercise as well. There is still plenty to clear --- Looking forward to seeing you there. Ken Smith.
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Many thanks to the group of Church Volunteers who formed a working party on Saturday Morning, 22 07 2017, to clear badly overgrown growth around graves to enable the local authority to maintain the area - this also exposed some interesting historical grave stones.
The images show the before and after along with the pile of growth cleared which the local authority will remove.
There is also a picture of some of the team taking a well earned break from the work.
The images of the grave stones are not very clear due th their age - they include the gravestones of the first Vicar of All Saints - William Gresley; the second Vicar, Canon Drummond and also that of William Nicholson, founder of Nicholsons Brewery (now the site of the Nicholsons Shopping Centre) and donor of the site for the Library in St. Ives Road.
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