Yorks in Bloom 2009

Along with with our neighbours,  the 2009  Yorkshire in Bloom award – judging was on

Tuesday 21 July In Pennine monsoon conditions!

Both station volunteers and our neighbours welcomed the judge,

Malcolm Sunderland over coffee and biscuits kindly provided by Fr John Gott.

Eh, we had a reet good do.

October 2nd the Yorks in Bloom Judge, Malcolm Sunderland joined us for lunch at the Church of the Good Shepherd through the hosptitality of Fr John and the donations from Lyn at the Shoulder of Mutton and Cllr Christine Bampton-Smith and her free-range hens.

All put together by our Hon Secretary, Sue Mitchell

 

 

 

Photos by Stephanie Ryan of the Warley Bloom Group

 

Matt Gibson, our Station Manager receiving a small token of our appreciation from the Mayor of Hebden Royd, Cllr John Beacroft-MItchell. 

 

You don’t have to be a gardener to join our group

Yes, we have made a big difference to our village railway station over the last two year.

We might be a little biased, but this Summer our platform flower tubs have probably been the best for miles around.

There are things other than gardening to do in the Station Partnership – admin work,  designing a Website just for starters.

We have plans for the village station for 2010 – watch this space, even better – come and join in, it can be fun and the group is a great bunch of local folk.

Thanks to the crew that planted the Winter tubs on Sat 10 Oct – and thanks to Jason for his advice, duly put on the back of an envelope and read out to the ‘troops’, just like Munich 1938!!!!! 

Clitheroe Trip  (courtesy of Northern Rail)

You never know where it mught get you!

Fantastic! Thanks for a Great Effort.

A big thank you to everyone involved with the Spring-clean on Saturday 28 March.

Hebden Royd Town Council have the great idea for community groups like ourselves to organise themselves to clean up the local area.

We were directed by the Environment Warden, Jason Boom and our local Northern Rail Station Manager, Matt Gibson supplied a skip as well as muscle-power. Our resident poet, Andy Glover was there as a valuable pair of hands.

The rest of us (26 in total, excluding 6 month-old Tom who slept through it all) cleared over a dozen bags of litter from the station area.

Well done everyone.

How does YOUR garden grow?

Thanks to our merry band of ‘Royd station gardeners who not only tackled the shrubs on the Manchester approach, but received tips from the Organic Potato Growers who had their show at Fr Gott’s church.

Never know what we shall be growing next on the station!

What a Great Team!!!!

Despite the Pennine monsoon rain and winds one Saturday morning, nearly 20 volunteers worked to put some colour into the railway station.

 

 

Thanks to everyone from the youngest to the more mature of those amongst our group.

The Yorkshire in Bloom judge was impress not only with the displays on the station, village green, Church of the Good Shepherd, Shoulder of Mutton and local residents – but the friendly people who came to meet him on Friday 25th July

See the entry below for the Awards

A good community effort, encouraged by Matt and Northern Rail.

 

What a GREAT Community we have!

Over twenty volunteers attended our annual spring-clean, despite the torrential rain and gales.

Many thanks to them and to Jason Boom, Envronmental Warden of Hebden Royd for organising things.