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There will be another litter pick on Thursday this week, 2nd June 2011, Meeting at the Café at 9 am.

A couple of pictures are attached taken earlier this month on Litter Pick 1 where 24 bags of rubbish were collected in and alongside the river.

This time we are concentrating on hedge and bush bottoms.

Our important Green Flag inspection is on Monday 6th June and we have to ensure we are up to standard – the green flag sets the level of maintenance we receive so can effect manning and resources. We do not want our park to slip back into the state it was not so long ago.

Pete Stow is organising litter pickers etc and he is running the event again so drop us a line to let him know we will not be alone on the day – it’s a big park for a few people.

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tripadvisor.co.uk has a VERY out of date set of reviews on their website for Millhouses Park and we really need people to get some good ones on there! Be honest, but it has to be better than the two reviews that are there from 2002! Reading these makes you realise how much difference the friends have made over the last few years!

Here’s the link – http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186364-d213552-Reviews-Millhouses_Park-Sheffield_South_Yorkshire_England.html

Thank you all for this!!!

Take a look at our new map – see what Millhouses Park has to offer!

Check out our New Improved location page: https://friendsofmillhousespark.org/location/

You’ll find all you need to get to the park. New updates include:

– Bus timetables and route information

– Driving directions

– Accessibility at our entrances and attractions

Now there’s no reason not to visit arguably Sheffield’s favourite destination park!

We have been informed, this morning, that our bid for £50,000 for the outdoor gym, young children’s undulating roadway, life expired poplar tree replacement and new park signage has been awarded.

This is fantastic news and there has to be a big “Thank You” to Kate Stow for instigating and leading the bid plus the professional support and additional work by Amie Rowland.

Members Geoff Hibbard and Chris Smith have been closely involved with the roadway and Holly Barnes has added the professional tree input.

Together with input from many members this is truly a team project working in a successful partnership with Parks and Countryside staff.

This money will make a significant difference to our park and be enjoyed for many years to come. Gosh it feels good this week! Well done everyone.

We’ve put together a great presentation which shows the projects involving the Friends this year. All made possible by the fantastic community involvement and the hard work of everyone involved. Well done!!!

Click here to see the presentation in PDF format: Year in the life of the Friends 2010-11

Friends of Millhouses Park would like to welcome our 200th Member, Laura. Every member counts, so it’s great to see our numbers growing!

In order to investigate exactly how a flour mill worked a few members of the Management Committee visited Stainsby Mill to find out.

This information has helped how to translate the remaining evidence in Millhouses Mill Building and will be part of our public information display in due course.

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