ANGEL FIELD MILLENNIUM GREEN
Angel Field Millennium Green Trust
The summer flowers in blues and purple are looking good and attracting butterflies which is what the meadow is all about. We hope to cut the grass for hay this year to keep the flowers healthy if we can find a contractor. The amazing covid snake of stones has been recreated into a permanent feature near the sundial. A grand unveiling soon. Carry on enjoying the Millennium Green.
Keith Leedell
A look back in time.
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.
Keith Leedell for the Millennium Green Trust
The summer flowers in blues and purple are looking good and attracting butterflies which is what the meadow is all about. We hope to cut the grass for hay this year to keep the flowers healthy if we can find a contractor. The amazing covid snake of stones has been recreated into a permanent feature near the sundial. A grand unveiling soon. Carry on enjoying the Millennium Green.
Keith Leedell
A look back in time.
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.
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.
