Annual General Meeting

In accordance with our Constitution, section P(2), we hereby give notice that our AGM will take place this year on Thursday 7th October 2010, 7.30 pm in the Park Café and last until until 9 pm.

Our agenda and other information will follow in due course.

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Friends Visit to Stainsby Mill

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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New Photo of the Month

Well – here’s this month’s ‘Photo of the Month’. It shows an evening event at the Park Cafe, run by The Pudding Ladies.

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Pizza in the Park – Saturday 21st August

Come and see Danny West on Saturday in Millhouses Park as he promotes food making and healthy eating for children…

Danny will be doing some real ‘hands-on’ food-making this weekend and there will even be a chance to get your face painted! He’s also confirmed that there will be some African Drumming workshops! All this between 12noon and 5pm on Saturday in the playground area! Don’t miss out!

For details see: http://www.pizzatainment.com/pizza_in_the_parks.html

Don’t forget that all the usual attractions are still open – with the playground, skate park, splash, boating lake, tennis and basketball courts, golf putting and the amazing park cafe!

Remember Millhouses Park in your plans for this weekend!

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Friends Make a Big SPLASH in Active8 Magazine

For those of you who don’t receive Active8 Magazine, here’s the July 2010 edition. Check out the front cover and pages 20-21!

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1oaob/Active8July2010/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http://www.yudu.com/item/details/184972/Active8_July_2010

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A Reminder of Where We Came From!

Just think – our great new Splash feature and amazing playground… …what did it look like the mid-90’s?

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Picture from ‘Images of England – Abbeydale and Millhouses – The Second Edition’ by Peter Harvey.

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New Benches Installed in the Sensory Garden

The friends have recently overseen the installation of the new benches in the sensory garden – why not go for a ponder amongst the plants?

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MILLHOUSES WORKS CRICKET CLUB – 150TH ANNIVERSARY CRICKET WEEK

The week is to take place on Sunday Aug 1st to Friday Aug 6th at Millhouses Park Cricket Ground.

The main events are:

1.30pm Sunday 1st Aug – MWCC v YDCL Representative team

6pm Tuesday 3rd Aug – MWCC v The Millhouses Legends (T20)

6pm Thursday 5th August – MWCC v Radio Sheffield Celebrity XI – T20

11am Friday 6th August – MWCC v The MCC, followed by the 150th anniversary dinner in the Waggon and Horses.

The Club would be grateful for as much support as is possible.

If you are an ex-Millhouses player, then please do get in touch on 07976 597756 or at iain@imallett.orangehome.co.uk

Sponsorship opportunities are still available!

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Skate Park Proposals

The Friends would love to know your opinions on their proposals for improvements at the Skate Park. Click HERE to find out more!

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Photo of the month

Congratulations to Neville Wade who wins ‘Photo of the Month’ for July. His photograph of this model ship really captures the movement and elegant lines of the model as it sails across the boating lake in the park.

The photo will remain in the banner of our site until August!

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