Rectory Park News

Moat Clearance

Date: Monday 5th March 2012

As you will see , if you walk in the park , the moat has now been cleared of the fallen trees , branches and other debris and we hope that in the not too distant future , we will be able to dredge the moat to make sure that there is a reasonable depth which will allow the water to flow all the way round . Signs will also be erected to warn against going into the water . 

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Moat Clearance

Date: Wednesday 25th January 2012

We have heard that work will begin on 6th February to remove the fallen trees and branches from the moat so that we can then look at seeing whether it can be dredged .

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The Green Gym

Date: Thursday 1st December 2011

The Green Gym is now up and running and was officially launched by Cllr Khizar Iqbal and pupils from Thornhill community Science College this week . It is there for everyone to use and enjoy .... just be careful ....and please look after it . If anyone wants to start a Keep Fit Club , please let us know !!

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Rectory Park Archaeological Group

Date: Tuesday 22nd November 2011

We have recently  formed an archaeological group as part of the Heritage Lottery funded project based on Thornhill Hall in Rectory Park . 

The project is led by Kevin Cale , a community archaeologist , who will manage the adult group as well as involving local schools in Thornhill .

The activities will include visits from other groups involved in similar schemes elsewhere and visits to other sites of interest in Yorkshire . There may also be some actual archaeological work to be carried out in Rectory Park .

The aim of the group is to learn more about archaeology and about the history and development of Rectory Park and Thornhill Hall and membership is open to all  .

Please see the News page on this website for coming events or contact Wade Hyde on 01924 462888 for more details .

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Working Party

Date: Friday 18th November 2011

We are having a Work Day to tidy up the park on Saturday 26th November from 10am to 1pm . Hope you can spare an hour or so to help out . Free bacpn butties and hot drinks from the pavilion .

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Tunnel & Ghost Stories

Date: Monday 26th September 2011

We have heard that there is a tunnel which runs from the island to the church . We have also heard that a man ran into the Savile Arms one night and said he had been attacked in the park by a headless man on a black horse ! Have you seen the tunnel ? Do you know anyone who has seen it ? Were you in the pub in the night of the ghostly attack ? Do you know who  was attacked ? If you do , please get in touch and let us know .

 

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Work on the Island

Date: Tuesday 23rd August 2011

We have heard from Kirklees that work will begin on 5th September on clearing the scrub from the island and on the 15th September work will begin on repairing the sluice in the moat .

 

The Community Archaeological Project will also begin in September with a Gala Launch in the park on Sunday 25th. More details to follow soon .

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HLF Bid

Date: Wednesday 13th July 2011

Heritage Lottery Fund .

Great News !! We have been awarded £48600 for our archaeological project and the clearance of the island and moat . In addition , Kirklees have released £25,000 from the Regeneration Fund to help with the cost of the clearance . Our thanks to Cllr iqbal for this .

We will be meeting with Kevin Cale , the community archaeolgist this week and full details of his programme will be on the Events page .

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The Boardwalk Banking

Date: Friday 25th March 2011

Hopefully , we may now have solved the problem of water seeping from below the wall by the boardwalk .The Kirklees engineer has dug trenches and laid a pipe to divert the water and connected the pipe to the one which was laid a couple of years ago . The ground may now need landscaping and reseeding but perhaps this is something we can do ourselves ,with a little help from our "friends" .

 

 

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The Boardwalk

Date: Monday 14th March 2011

 

Good news for you walkers and buggy pushers ! The boardwalk has been extended to cover the whole of the boggy area at the top of the park behind the houses . Our thanks to Kirklees and to British Trust Conservation Volunteers for carrying this out .

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HLF Bid

Date: Monday 14th March 2011

Heritage Lottery Fund Bid

We have now submitted the application to HLF for funds to finance the initial clearance of the island and the moat . The work will form part of an archaeological and historical project and more details will be made available if our bid is successful . Our thanks to Debbie Bates at Kirklees for all her hard work in formulating  the grant application .

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