Working in conjunction with our Park Keeper Andy Varley, who also looks after Beauchief Gardens where we have had a long standing gardening role, we had our most recent working day last week. Nick Clegg and Family joined us and have to say stayed over 90 minutes and cleared quite a big area of rockery.
Pete Stow is co-ordinating our environmental work in Beauchief Gardens and will be announcing our future dates up there soon.
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The next chapter of the history of our Mill has now been published – check the ‘MILL’ link above – or click the picture. Just scroll down the page for the latest episode.
If you haven’t had chance yet – why not take a few minutes to read the other chapters of this enthralling story and immerse yourself in the rich and varied history of the Mill?
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Today Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat Sheffield Hallam MP, pitched in to help local environmental volunteers at a Sheffield beauty spot.
Nick and local Lib Dem councillor Colin Ross joined the Friends of Millhouses Park at Beauchief Gardens to help with gardening duties.
The work is part of the Friends on-going commitment to maintain the Gardens, which were donated to the city by the J. G. Graves Trust in 1935 and are situated next to Beauchief Dam.
The level of care had declined up until the 1990s, until the Friends of Millhouses Park stepped in to restore the Gardens.
Nick said:-
“It was a pleasure to help the Friends of Millhouses Park and Park Ranger team at Beauchief Gardens.
“It is easy to take Sheffield’s many green and open spaces for granted. But it is worth remembering that we only have these beauty spots because of volunteer’s hard work right across our City.
“They all deserve our upmost gratitude and there is no better way to show support than getting your hands dirty and joining in.”
John Brighton, Secretary of Friends of Millhouses Park said:-
“We rely on volunteers to carry out our work so it is always great to see people turn out to help at events like this. We hold them throughout the year and I would urge people to come along to have fun and help out.”
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Due to popular demand, The Pudding Ladies will be opening the Park Cafe until 6pm, 7 days a week! Last food orders will be at 5:30pm. The extended hours start this Sunday the 1st July! Go to http://millhousesparkcafe.co.uk/ to find out more.
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Come along to Beauchief Gardens on Sunday 1st July! There’s no Balsam Bash in the park on Sunday because last year’s event was so successful!
So don your gardening clothes, pick up your trowel and fork and get down to Beauchief gardens 10:00 – 12:00!
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The 2012 AGM will take place in the Park Cafe at 7:30pm until 9:00pm with refreshments courtesy of the Pudding Ladies.
We will be presenting:
Car Parking Charges
MillyJam 2012
Playground Climbing Frame
Bees in the Park
Regeneration
Natural Play
Litter; Balsam; Sensory Gardens and Beauchief Gardens
This Website
The Mill Buildings
The Community Assembly
Thanks go to Williams of Woodseats for the loan of the LCD panel for presentations at the AGM and the the Pudding Ladies for the use of the Cafe and Refreshments.
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Historic Footage of Millhouses Lido with the Spartan Swimmers!
Check out this link to see the old Lido (or Millhouses Pool) way back in 1933/4. That looks REALLY cold! The swimmers are the Sheffield Spartan Swimmers and the link is thanks to the Yorkshire Film Archive via David Cooper.
Come along on the 1st July from 1000-1200 to help the Sheffield Ranger Service eradicate the Himalayan Balsam growing along our river banks!
Himalayan Balsam is an introduced plant which has escaped from gardens and is rapidly colonising river banks and other areas of damp ground. It is an annual plant which grows to about 2m with purplish-pink slipper shaped flowers in June to August. When seed pods are mature, they explode when touched, scattering the seed. It forms dense stands which suppresses the growth of grasses and native British plants leaving the banks bare of vegetation in Autumn and winter liable to erosion. Because Himalayan Balsam re-grows annually from seed, any form of control carried out after the seed pods have formed will have no effect.
Small infestations can be controlled by hand by pulling as the plant is shallow rooted. The seedbank lasts 18 months, so two years control should eradicate the plant. This is our 2nd Year!
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Millhouses Works Cricket Club Summer Coaching Programme for 7-13 year olds is now well underway with sessions on WEDNESDAY EVENINGS at Millhouses Park Cricket Ground from 6:15pm until 7:45pm.
The cost is just £2 per child, per session.
MWCC is an ECB Focus Club and Clubmark-accredited. These sessions are run by Qualified Coaches and vetted volunteers.
Is your child the next Kevin Pieterson or Jimmy Anderson? Bring them along and find out!
For further details follow us on Twitter (@millhouseswks), join our Facebook group (www.facebook.com/millhousesworkscc) or visit our website (www.millhousesworks.play-cricket.com). Alternatively, please call Iain Mallett on 07976 597756 or at iain@imallett.orangehome.co.uk
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The latest chapter of the Mill Story by John Hill-Wilson is now online for you to read – CLICK HERE or visit the ‘MILL’ page.
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