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Wildlife Photographs webpage has great photographs from Seumas Kelly of summer in the Park and Valley |
Friends of Dartmouth Park Angling Club News |
We have been awarded funding for five Training Courses to become Fishing Coaches.
Anyone interested needs to be age 17-20 and disabled applicants age 17-25.
The training is in two stages:
Stage 1: 1 Day x 2 (Saturday's) to qualify to coach under supervision.
Stage 2: 2 days x 2 (weekends) to fully qualify.
For more information apply to:
Nigel Slater on 07711 215941
Dave Harris on 07966 255239
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School's Out for Summer and the children are enjoying themselves in the Park |
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The photographs at the top of the page show Creative Academies Network providing activities in the Park for children. They will be in the Park every Wednesday throughout the summer holidays. The Friends of Dartmouth Park have been able to fund these sessions with a grant from 'Awards for All'. The photograph top right has captured a budding Serena Williams.
Above, I can't believe it, there's a rowing boat on the Boating Pool. We've had the Swans for a couple of years, but this is the first time I have seen a very welcome rowing boat.
On the right we see David Roberts and Derrek Bell enjoying an icecream in the Park in 1955. David's father was one of the Park's gardeners.
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The rose bed we planted in memory of members of the Armed Forces who have lost their lives in recent conflicts is looking particularly good at the moment |
The volunteer gardeners made an early start on a very hot day. Janet was dead heading the roses and tidying up generally and Val doing likewise with the lilies. |
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Dave, who with Nigel, is leading on the Angling Club, has been working hard making islands to go in the pool. These refuges form part of the work being done at the pool to provide protection for the fish population. |
Don't forget to put Saturday 18 August on your calendar for our Summer Fete celebrating
10 years of the
Friends of Dartmouth Park. |
Photographs of Armed Forces Day on 30 June taken by Seumas Kelly |
Our Darby's Ale Ghost Sign project has received Heritage Lottery Funding |
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We are delighted to report that the Heritage Lottery have funded our project to sympathetically restore and resite the Darby's Ale Ghost Sign painted on a wall in Lombard Street which was demolished when the Gas Showrooms were demolished. The sign is going to be installed on the perimeter wall of the Park close to the main entrance.
The restoration of the sign has already started, and there is going to be an interpretation board next to the sign, a Blue Plaque on the building where Darby's started their brewing, and a book about Brewing and other lost industries in West Bromwich.
Darby's Brewery which was situated in Greets Green was demolished many years ago, but we have a very poor photograph of the Brewery and local artist, Chris Holloway, who went to Greets Green School, has produced a wonderful painting of Darby's Brewery from the photograph and his memories of the brewery from his school days. The most vivid memory for many ex-pupils of Greets Green School was the stong smell of beer that emanated from the Brewery. |
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Veolia Environmental Trust funding making a great difference
to the Area around the Bandstand and the Sensory Garden
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| A big thank you to Veolia Environmental Trust for funding the apron in front of the Bandstand, the planting of two attractive beds to enhance the area, together with benches and litter bins. The Veolia funding has also provided lots of new plants for the herbaceous border at the main entrance to the Park. |
National Lottery 'Awards for All' give us funding to celebrate our 10th Anniversary, which we are using to benefit the whole community |
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In those 10 years we have worked alongside the Park Manager to bring the Park back to its former glory and we are delighted that our beautiful park has once again become part of the social life of West Bromwich. We now have a Bandstand, for which we campaigned, and intend to use it regularly for entertainment. The award will allow us to provide free events in Dartmouth Park for the community throughout this celebratory year.
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We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant from Heart of England Community Foundation towards our 10th Anniversary Celebrations in August. |
Andrew Brent, CEO of The Gap Centre, attends the Friends' Committee Meeting to tell us about his project to bring local communities together |
Andrew, fourth from the left, gave a very interesting presentation on his project to bring community groups working together for the benefit of all. He pointed out that the old community spirit that existed in his youth, when neighbours looked out for each other, has been lost. There is a need for groups to share their resources, with other organizations and to reach out to the community. One of the issues Andrew raised was that we shouldn't ignore our elderly residents, but should bring them into the community. The Gap Centre is already engaging with Lydon Lodge to the enjoyment of the residents. They also engage with local schools and he believes we should bring old and young together for the benefit of both groups.
The Friends agreed to support this initiative and said that they already worked with some organizations in the local area. One of the Park's initiatives in particular will be when the newly formed Angling Club is up and running, it will be a great community resource. |
Contact Address: Carol Hartill
Secretary of the
Friends of Dartmouth Park
c/o 2 Sandwell Road North, West Bromwich, B71 4JB
Tel: 0121 588 4747 / e-mail: carolh.fodp@btinternet.com
Tel 0121 525 5524 / e-mail: annette_welch@sky.com
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Sue Slater
Chairman |
Jenny Francis
Vice Chairman |
Annette Welch
Treasurer |
Carol Hartill
Secretary |
Mandy Timms
Membership Secretary |
Mark Barrett
Social Historian |
Chris Blakesley
Minute Secretary
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Chris Burgess
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Maggie Turner |
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Yvonne Hayward |
Margaret Geddes
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