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You may wonder what the Friends get up to, besides organising and running popular annual events: Carols in the Park, the Easter Egg Hunt, Teddy Bear’s Picnic as well as and holding a monthly Garden in the Park Day. What ...
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Authors: Krysia and Catherine Well... It gave us the woodpecker… Many residents of the Heatons use the park every day – to walk their dogs, to play bowls, to listen to and observe the birds, to let their children play, ...
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Australia would envy the rainfall in the park this winter, but some great days during this winter season include - Carols in the Park was big success on 21 December 2019, with Besses o' th' Band and Do Your Thing ...
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This article from the i newspaper concerns a a study carried out by the University of Exeter and covering over 20,000 people from all walks of life. The results demonstrate that just two hours a week in an urban green ...
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With all the recent rain, it’s nice to look back at some of the lovely spring finery the park has shown off the last couple of months. As yo may know, the bedding plants and many other flowering plants are ...
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Something startled him. He darted like an arrow, russet-brown, still slightly fluffy, out of the wildflower corner and up to the tennis courts, where he wheeled around. He was fully alive, wide-eyed at his surroundings, astonished at finding out that ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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