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Scarecrow building competition
We're having a scarecrow building competition on the 9th July with prizes for the best efforts.
Judging starts at 1:00pm
Bacon Butty Morning
Thanks to everyone who attended the Bacon Butty Morning. Despite it being a wet Saturday in June we made £75 towards the society funds.
Open Meeting
An open meeting of the Pretoria Road Allotments Society will take place on Sunday 3rd July 2011, 10:30am - noon.
See a poster here (pdf)
Will all allotments holders please take care when dumping green waste/weeds etc. to ensure they remove as much soil from the waste before putting it on the green waste piles.
Many thanks,
Chris Mills
Bacon Butty Morning
Saturday 18th June 10a.m.-12 noon
Come along and enjoy a mid-morning snack and meet some of the other members and guests.
Open Committe Meeting
The open meeting took place on Sunday 15th May, unfortunately we were unable to find a new Secretary but did vote on one new and one temporary Committee member, Jenny Lloyd and Tony Hawksworth join the Committee. Jenny will also continue in her role as chief fundraiser.
The meeting was informed that the shop has already paid back the £500 loan agreed at the last meeting and is proving very popular with plot holders and local residents.
The total cost for the renovation project was just slightly over budget, but the finished project is above the original spec.
The new plots have been marked out and within 3 days all 12 half plots were taken.
The new plot holders include The Link special needs group from Coniston Road Community Centre and DreamScheme, we wish everyone success with their allotments.
Grand Opening of the Shed - 23 April 2011
The opening day was a great success, the shed was opened by Councillor Grotzke, and several other Town councillors visited the site during the afternoon including Councillors Dando and Cottrell also the Town Clerk Lucy Hamid.
The sound of “Splat the Rat” and the cheering of the “Snail Racing” rang out all afternoon. Young Jordan from plot 54 won the “Wellie Throwing” and Larry won the “Guess how many eggs” prize, Councillor Grotzke judged the Easter Bonnet competition and all four bonnets received a prize. Tony cooked all the sausages and burgers, Lyn almost ran out of raffle tickets, Mary and Sharon made sure we didn’t get thirsty; everyone who helped made it a day to remember at Pretoria road, The local residents showed great interest and 5 more courageous people went onto the waiting list. The shop proved very popular with plot holders and local residents alike.
The total raised on the day was a fantastic £510.00
A big thank you to everyone involved in the project and the event
Chris Mills - Chairman
Allotment Site Shop
The site shop is now up and running, it is intended to open the shop at weekends between 10 and 12 both Saturday and Sunday, later in the year it is hoped to also open on a Tuesday and Thursday.
The shop has a range of goods for the allotment and Garden including 8 foot bamboo canes 45p each or 10 for £3.99, Growmore £1.09 per Kg, seed trays 39p each and gloves £1.79 plus many other offers, all profits made by the shop goes to the society.
We now have a small volunteer maintenance team who will mow everyone's grass between their plots on a regular basis. This service is now included in our subscriptions. Members will only have to tidy their edges if they want to.
The volunteer maintenance team will also rotovate a whole plot for £10 and a half plot for £5.
Seedy Sunday
Our next fund raising event on March 20th at 10pm - 12pm is called Seedy Sunday.
There will be a sale of plot holders excess seeds and plants. There will also be a sale of teas, coffee, cakes, cards and a raffle and the opening of the allotment shop. Any donations of the above will be gratefully received.
Please contact Jenny if you are able to donate any of the above on jennylloyd1949@gmail.com. Please support this event with your family and friends.
Fund raising:
The Table top sale held on Saturday 19th February made a profit of £299.35. Thank you everyone who took part in this, it’s a fantastic result.
Future meetings:
The first open Committee meeting under the new constitution will take place at Patchway Sports Social Club on Sunday 6th March 2011; the meeting will start at 10.00 am and should be finished by 11.30.
This meeting is open to all members. We look forward to seeing you at this meeting.
Despite the cold weather a number of plot holders came to the shed over the weekend and completely painted the walls in the main room, both toilets and the shop area.
A big thank you to everyone, this has saved us many hours of work.
The Committee
The EGM took place at the Patchway Sports and Social Club, the meeting was attended by 22 plot holders, the new constitution and Hand book was unanimously accepted.
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Constitution (pdf 6.18Kb)
Members' Handbook (pdf 769Kb)
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