Thursday 18 February 2010

Weather: clear but cold

Team: Dorothy, Peter, Carolyn

What we did:

• Litter pick
• Swept mud off of the Delauney memorial
• Planted bulbs around the Delauney memorial

It is very nice to see (and hear from) several people who are tending graves of their ancestors. Below are some photographs of two of those graves:

The first two photographs are of the gravestone in memory of Georgina & Charles Thomas MADDERS

The second two photographs are of the gravestone in memory of John Francis EDWARDS

Thursday 21 January 2010

Carolyn and Peter spent time in sections OL & C and around the church clearing litter and sweeping leaves and debris from the flat graves.

Apology

Apologies for the lack of posting since June 2009. Carolyn was out of the country for the summer and since then, whilst we have managed to work in the churchyard on some occasions, these have been very limited due to the weather.

We hope to get back to working regularly and updating this blog when the snow and ice has cleared.

In the meantime, please read the entry for 31 December 2006 which lists the work done throughout 2006. This has been transcribed from a paper diary. There will also be a similar entry for 2007 coming soon.

Thursday 18 June 2009

Team: Dorothy, Harry, Carolyn, Peter

Weather: threatening rain

What we did:

• Dorothy, Harry & Carolyn planted more plants in the beds at the back of church. The plants were supplied by Manchester City Council as part of the Blackley in Bloom entry for Manchester in Bloom.
• Dorothy also spent time collecting litter and doing general tidying.
• Peter cleared the gutters around the vestry area of church.
  

Thursday 11 June 2009

Team: Dorothy and Harry

Today Dorothy and Harry cleared litter and debris from the car park and dead-headed the flowers from the beds.

Thursday 4 June 2009

Team: Peter, Carolyn, Dorothy, Harry, plus a team of 7 from the Unpaid Work Unit

• Strimming of weeds
• Weeding
• Clearing litter and debris
  
• UWU cleared more of the area at the top of the wall around the car park, creating a further bed area for more plants.
  

Wednesday 27 May 2009

Team: Dorothy, Harry, Peter, Carolyn, plus a group of 6 from the Unpaid Work Unit (Probation Service) and Mike from Manchester City Council who delivered the plants

Weather: Rain at first but then dried up, although still cloudy and not very warm

What we did: Working in the area around the car park at the back of church, the guys from the UWU cleared the weeds and dug over the areas at the top of the walls. We then planted the new plants (over 300) in all four beds.

One of the guys from the UWU was also strimming the weeds around the graves in the lower part of section C where we have recently been working.

The whole area looks really good now and will look even better when the flowers have had chance to establish and bloom.

There are some photographs here: