ANGEL FIELD MILLENNIUM GREEN
Angel Field Millennium Green Trust
The wild flowers have been wonderful this year but it has been a good year for the grass to grow. We have to cut the meadow for hay and remove it to ensure we get healthy wild flowers next year. If we didn't manage it this way it will eventually just be a grass meadow. We keep the Angel Field locked off only as long as necessary to cut and bale the hay for safety reasons. Sadly this year something that shouldn't be there has broken the bailer so it will need another week. There is another reason for locking off the field, hay is a valuable crop but only if it clean. So thanks to those who use the bins. Keith Leedell
I wasn’t involved with the construction of the Millennium Green but thanks to an amazing coincidence I was given some photos of this phase, including the use of heavy machinery and the original trustees at work and unveiling the newly refurbished Village sign. A neighbour had bought an old suitcase at the auction in Great Massingham and inside were these photos. Luckily she recognised where it was and passed them on. If someone from outside Watlington had bought it they would probably be discarded. They date from around 2001 and were most likely taken by Geoff Beaumont who was a trustee and a keen photographer. If anyone who was involved at the time wishes to see them please contact me. We will have the AGM in the Watlington Sports and Social club on Monday January 7th 2019 at 7 pm. For many years Peter Haynes has maintained the Petanque pitch but has now had to hang up his rake. Many thanks for all the years to keep it in good condition.
Keith Leedell for the Millennium Green Trust
The wild flowers have been wonderful this year but it has been a good year for the grass to grow. We have to cut the meadow for hay and remove it to ensure we get healthy wild flowers next year. If we didn't manage it this way it will eventually just be a grass meadow. We keep the Angel Field locked off only as long as necessary to cut and bale the hay for safety reasons. Sadly this year something that shouldn't be there has broken the bailer so it will need another week. There is another reason for locking off the field, hay is a valuable crop but only if it clean. So thanks to those who use the bins. Keith Leedell
I wasn’t involved with the construction of the Millennium Green but thanks to an amazing coincidence I was given some photos of this phase, including the use of heavy machinery and the original trustees at work and unveiling the newly refurbished Village sign. A neighbour had bought an old suitcase at the auction in Great Massingham and inside were these photos. Luckily she recognised where it was and passed them on. If someone from outside Watlington had bought it they would probably be discarded. They date from around 2001 and were most likely taken by Geoff Beaumont who was a trustee and a keen photographer. If anyone who was involved at the time wishes to see them please contact me. We will have the AGM in the Watlington Sports and Social club on Monday January 7th 2019 at 7 pm. For many years Peter Haynes has maintained the Petanque pitch but has now had to hang up his rake. Many thanks for all the years to keep it in good condition.
Keith Leedell for the Millennium Green Trust
Some of the rediscovered photos ( see below). From top left and left to right.Geoff Beaument,Lillian Garfoot,Richard Rockliffe,Barry Shears,Hugh Lacey,Jean Golding,Kate Carpenter,Peter Ryder. Unveiling a refurbished Village sign Lillian Garfoot,Hugh Lacey,Julian Ansell,Nathan Macdonald and child, Ted Featherby. The others show construction planting the copse, the pond a lot deeper than now, turfing the amphitheatre, the Angel from 2002 the Queens Golden Jubilee and Jean Papworth planting the original feature Black Poplar which sadly was damaged and replaced with an Oak.
