Tuesday 21 March 2006
Felling trees (12), clearing logs & branches, clearing ivy from the “ivy section” (section B).
Wednesday 29 March 2006
Strimming brambles, nettles, weeds etc. in the main central sections.
Thursday 30 March 2006
Felling trees (2), cutting tree trunks into logs, removing branches. Recording of information on gravestones and taking photographs.
Tuesday 4 April 2006
Sean working on felled trees in “ivy section” (section B), removing branches, cutting trunks into logs.
Michael helping Sean to shift & stack branches & logs.
Thursday 6 April 2006
Steve Lomas of CWGC delivered 2 litres of Roundup.
Burning brushwood, shifting branches & logs from section B, stacking branches for burning, stacking logs in area by Lion Brow.
Rained all afternoon.
Thursday 13 April 2006
Shifting & burning branches & brushwood. Treated around 75 tree stumps.
Friday 21 April 2006
Sean tidied trees, dead branches etc.
Tuesday 25 April 2006
Sean & Michael felled 4 trees in sections nearest to the vicarage (sections N & P). Cutting trunks into smaller logs.
Thursday 27 April 2006
Clearing & stacking brushwood ready for burning. Treated more tree stumps in “ivy section” (section B).
Wednesday 3 May 2006
Sean felled & cut up more trees in sections N & P
Thursday 4 May 2006
Burning brushwood, shifting logs, cutting felled trunks into logs.
Tuesday 9 May 2006
Sean reduced trees into logs. Michael sprayed 80% of “ivy section” (section B) with Roundup (7x10 litres).
Wednesday 10 May 2006
Michael finished spraying “ivy section” (section B) with Roundup (2x10 litres).
Thursday 11 May 2006
Burning brushwood, shifting logs. Sean removed lower limbs from sycamores on Lion Brown boundary & reduced trunks to logs in same area.
Turned gravestone for “Whitehead” grave in section I (near to the path between I & C) and tidied it. Removed the kerbstones at the relatives’ request & put down chippings. Photograph taken to send to relatives.
Tuesday 16 May 2006
Michael sprayed 2/3 of section C with Roundup to deal with the weeds, brambles, nettles etc. (4x10 litres).
Sean did further work reducing trees and logs on the Lion Brow boundary.
Noted that the crypt on the south east corner of section J had been re-opened for blocked it with heavy logs again.
Wednesday 17 May 2006
Michael finished spraying section C & started spraying section I from top end (3x10 litres).
Thursday 18 May 2006
The crypt at the corner of section J nearest to section I had been re-opened a few days previously. To make it safe and to discourage inappropriate use of it, we completely filled it with logs from recent tree felling. Very large and heavy logs were then used to block the entrance.
Carolyn tidied a grave near to the crypt on the corner of section H near the corners of sections I & J. Put chippings onto it to improve appearance and discourage weeds.
Tuesday 23 May 2006
Michael did some spraying of Japanese knotweed using new Roundup Pro Green (3x10 litres). Sections A, B, C, OL not done – still to do.
Wednesday 24 May 2006
Michael finished spraying all Japanese knotweed (12.5x10 litres)
Thursday 25 May 2006
Moved 8 barrow loads of wood chippings from lower churchyard for use on graves & paths.
Cleared & stacked brushwood and logs.
Michael did more general weed spraying in section I using Roundup Pro Bioactive (2x10 litres)
Carolyn tidied another grave near to the corner of section H near to the crypt.
Thursday 8 June 2006
Keith and Peter used hand scythes to clear weeds, saplings etc. in part of section H.
Thursday 15 June 2006
Sean pruned sycamore clump nearest to the vicarage and some trees along the top of the bank by Hill Lane.
Clearing and stacking of branches and some logs. Tidying of graves in section O
Tuesday 20 June 2006
Peter and Michael helped Sean to finish pruning sycamores on the boundary with Lion Brow.
Monday 26 June 2006
Visit by Iain Broughton, descendent of the Delauneys to view the memorial stones.
Tuesday 4 July 2006
Strimming paths.
Thursday 6 July 2006
Strimming paths and some of sections H, I, J and clearing debris. (using brushcutter blade, Keith’s hands tingled after 45 minutes and thumb seemed worse after).
Located Whittaker grave in section I. Strimmed, tidied and photographed.
Saturday 15 July 2006
Blackley Village Fun Day
Thursday 20 July 2006
Strimming, clearing debris, tidying graves
Tuesday 25 July 2006
Finished strimming section I and started on section OL & between I & M.
Clearing and stacking branches for burning &strimming debris
Clearing &tidying individual graves near to the top corner of section I
Tuesday 8 August 2006
Strimming & clearing – completed section between I & M plus about half of section OL.
Tuesday 15 August 2006
Strimming and clearing – completed section OL, various paths, completed section J, most of section N &; along vicarage fence.
Wednesday 16 August 2006
Spraying weedkiller along vicarage fence, graves which have been tidied, nearly all of “ivy section” (section B).
Thursday 24 August 2006
Burned brushwood.
Thursday 7 September 2006
Strimming weeds and brambles – finished section N & most of section P
Carolyn clearing and tidying graves near to the crypt at the corner of section J near sections H & I.
Tuesday 12 September 2006
Spraying weedkiller (Roundup PG) – finished “ivy section” (section B), all of section H and ivy in section J.
Thursday 21 September 2006
Burning brushwood.
Thursday 28 September 2006
Sprayed Japanese knotweed in section P (Roundup PG, 3x10 litres).
Clearing and piling dead leaves and twigs and debris from strimming.
Thursday 5 October 2006
Michael & Carolyn met Deborah Lupton (of Albert Lupton Monumental Masons) to discuss the Whittaker grave. DL will send quotes to Joy and David Bark (relatives of the deceased).
Michael &;Keith met Zanda (of Northern Counties Housing) regarding the complaint received from them (by telephone on 20 September) about the churchyard trees along the boundary fence with their property. Zanda felt that there is no cause for complaint but he will check with their surveyor and get back to us.
Sunday 8 October 2006
Michael finished spraying the Japanese knotweed in all sections.
