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Laughing matters in the park?

Catherine D muses about whippits (the items, not the canines)Unsightly litter in the park often meets the eye. Such rubbish has to be picked up, shoved wearily into ghoulish black bags and disposed of. Invariably, one asks oneself, holding up ...
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Please support our plan to rejuvenate the playing field

Vote now to help the Friends to improve the park! The Friends of Heaton Moor Park are applying for a grant from the Aviva Community Fund to improve the playing field. The park infrastructure is over 120 years old, and ...
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Have YOU had YOUR say about council proposals for a new play area?

Stockport Council is running an online-only consultation about the provision of an equipped play space for children aged 7-14. It offers a choice between two locations: Peel Moat Open Space, between St Thomas’ Junior School and the golf course, next ...
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Our park: could it work smarter, not harder?

Catherine D has been researching smart cities and muses on the possibililty of Heaton Moor Smart Park. Many of us have spent time looking quizzically at the "Smart Motorway" signs above the M60 carriageway as we sit for hours, in ...
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Tidy in the Park – Notes from 8 Sept 2018

Despite a wet start, the Friends gathered to care for the park and have a cake break as well. As anyone who has ever gardened, every square foot can quickly present a challenge! But meeting the challenges can give a ...
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Wrap-ups from the Knitters!

With the days getting shorter and cooler, the Knitting Friends of Heaton Moor Park have been creating things to wrap up in and a bright string of bunting to enliven any grey days ahead (or even the ones we are having now). Here's the latest ...
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Plants: looking but not seeing

Catherine D updates us about Plant blindness 'I am obviously much in love with plants, and above all trees, and always have been, and I find human maltreatment of them as hard to bear as some find ill treatment of ...
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Sprucing up the Park 11 Aug 2018

The Friends of Heaton Moor Park had a busy Garden in the park day the weekend of 11 August 2018. The weather had cooled since July, with a bit of cloud cover, so that made the work a bit easier ...
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Confessions of a litter picker

Catherine D. spills the beans but not the litter “You’re under arrest.” Two Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) judder to a halt beside me, swerving on their bicycles. “On what charge?” “Possession of a large number of cannabis packets. And whippits.” ...
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Parcel on the way!

The Knitting Friends, who meet regularly in the Heaton Moor Park Pavilion, have just sent their latest parcel of knitted squares to the Freedom From Fistula Foundation.The Knitting Friends have been supporting this charity for around four years and have ...
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Garden in the Park Notes 14 July 2018

The Garden in the Park day was a great success with many local residents helping out, representing ages 6-66. The picture shows the group enjoying the shade on the lovely warm summer's day with a bit coffee and cake (apple, ...
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A Summer’s Evening in the Park

Thursday, 5 July 2018 was a fine, balmy summer evening when the Friends of Heaton Moor Park hosted an 'Evening in the Park.' We enjoyed some drinks and nibbles under the bright parasols by the pavilion, while Pauline, who has tremendous knowledge and ...
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