Local residents have formed the
Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park to help make the park a place that residents
will enjoy using. In August there was a highly successful launch afternoon
where a number of residents of all ages did tasks like clearing away rampant
plants to give others a better chance. In July and August , at least 47
different flowers and fruit were identified in the park. In October they met
again to sow seeds in the coal yard, plant bulbs in the grassy banks, saw up
the felled sycamores and clear scrub at the Black Jack (apple tree) triangle
entrance.
The Friends of the Park will have another meeting on Sat May 5th, at the Addiscombe Baptist Church (201 Morland Road) starting at 2pm, to discuss and plan our efforts for improving and maintaining the park. Either in the main hall (front entrance on Morland Road), or in the smaller room at the back (side entrance on Northway Road). We plan to finish within 90 mins, but if you need to leave earlier, no problem.
They hope to build on our very visible improvements by recruiting more local members, so see if you can persuade a friend to come along.
The next meeting in the park will be held on there 13th May @ 2pm.
Proposed tasks will include:-
Additional filling of the sunken area around manholes near East India Way.
General tidying and removal of stones from the coal yard area near East India Way.
Moving and propogating young willows along the edge fo the water course to form a natural border.
