Help the Hatters Update 60
In just over
24 hours between 6 p.m. Wednesday and
after 8 on Thursday 14 May, Help the Hatters swung into action again
to do stuff that needed doing.
Wednesday
saw a team of 11 in the thick of it at the Booth Street Car Park , where there
was a need to do a `litter pick' to ensure the site was in reasonable nick for
the next Car Boot on 25 May.
These two pics by David Wright give you an idea as to what the group were faced by....
Alan was
first to show and soon laid into the
area to the left as you enter the site.
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| Alan gets stuck in........ |
The area was difficult to deal
with due to the thick bushes thereabouts ,but
he coped , clearing a prodigious amount of accumulated assorted rubbish,
being joined by Natalie, Jules and Ralph later.
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| Chris, David & Hopsky at the double.... |
David , Biggles , Angela , Chris, Jules and Nats got on
with the job moving along the left hand flank, whilst Fitzy and Mike were
tasked with moving the huge piles of detritus to a spot where it could be
eventually burnt.
Did I say
eventually ?
Well....it
was not long before not one.....
....but two roaring fires could be seen.
I am
grateful to David Wright for his excellent photos of this element.
As I left
around 7.45, I could see Biggles laying into the right hand flank, with the
others still beavering away near the
entrance....the fires now having abated .
Top group of
Help the Hatters peeps....top job !
Alan then joined John G and yours truly slamming some blue on the rear exterior wall,
As a
footnote to this first part of Update 60, I feel I must comment on the volume
of litter we encountered, and more specifically make a point about `who dumps
it’.
The commonly
held view is that `It`s yer booters wot does it!’, and for sure a cursory
examination would lead you to agree with this mind punt, but in my view that is
by no means the whole picture.
There was a simply vast quantity of polystyrene
trays of the type used in takeaway meals, and this, along with the swaying pile
of ` Strongbow’ cans and bottles we shifted, points towards lunch time diners
from the college as generous contributors to the mess also. In this respect the
absence of litter bins on site would seem to be not entirely irrelevant to the
matter in hand, thus my question to the Council would be
` Can we have some please?’
Moving on
swiftly then to Thursday at 6 , when the previous days call was answered
magnificently with 14 turning up to do a stint, amongst them first timer MR MOJO
RISIN from MB who had a clutch of kids in support of his
efforts, which saw him pitching in with Alan Kip and Biggles getting things ship shape.
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| Mojo...Alan & Biggles give it some ! |
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| ...whilst Kip just gets on with it unsupervised.... |
Alan then joined John G and yours truly slamming some blue on the rear exterior wall,
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| Our `blue period'....... |
but
not before I had made my debut as a chippy sawing a plank of wood for Ralph who
was in his element, his elongated bench ( see Update 59) now painted by David,
was fully operational, so his attentions turned elsewhere…..
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| Finishing touches to Ralph`s handiwork, from David. |
Yes…..they
did and in no time at all my plank of wood was being incorporated in Ralph`s
`Smokers Corner’ –
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| Smokers Corner started |
a simply excellent facility which will give those gasping
for a fag somewhere to go to, whilst allowing those just wanting a gulp of
fresh air, the space to do so!
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| ....and well on its way ( inc my plank !) |
Biggles did
more work, assisted by Mojo, on his corner, which is coming on a treat, whilst
Fitzy watered everything that didn`t move.
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| Fitzy tends the Vicars patch supervised by Dawn. |
For the
second evening on a trot, Ralph provided sustenance , which was really
appreciated by all present, and after a short break…..
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| Break Time courtesy of Ralph ! |
work resumed, leaving the
Bung exterior looking in really decent nick ahead of the `All Day Event’ in
July.
`What`s
happening between now and July?’ I hear you cry….and I respond thus……
Sundays
17 and 24 May …….Working Parties at the
Bung starting at 9.30 a.m
Thursdays 21
and 28 May……. Working Parties at the Bung starting 6 p.m.
Wednesday 20
May ……..Litter Pick at Booth Street
Car Park- meet 6 p.m.
And……………do
not forget…..Monday 25 May at Booth Street Car Park the next Help the
Hatters Car Boot Sale takes place.
Angela will be seeking helpers soon for this vital fund raiser, so please
respond positively if you can.
OK….that`s
all for now, but dont forget to get your entry in for the Hatters Half Marathon which starts and finishes in the shadow of Edgeley Park on Sunday 6 September 2015, by visiting....
.....and following the links to the Run Britain Entries Page.
Ian Brown
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