The next Friends of Lordship Rec meeting will be at the Hub at 2pm on Sunday 8th January. All welcome to plan and discuss activities for 2023 and look back at our achievements in 2022.
Free over 50s outdoor table tennis sessions
Free Street Table Tennis for over 50s
In Lordship Rec (near the outdoor gym and Hub)
2-3pm Sat 14th January – Saturday 25th March
Organised by the Council’s Get Active Team. Contact: get.active@haringey.gov.uk or 07971113463 for more information about this and other free activities elsewhere in Haringey.
Hub Cafe Open Christmas Day
The Lordship Cafe will be opening Christmas Day from 10-2pm run by volunteers. There will be the usual hot drinks and cold snacks but in addition there will be the offer of FREE vegetable soup. All welcome to sit, chat and enjoy the warmth and companionship of the Hub.
December News
Rocky – we are very sad to have to announce that Rocky, who founded and coordinated the Rockstone Bike Hub at the front of the park, has passed away. He will be sorely missed by us all. There was a memorial gathering at Rockstone’s on Wednesday 30th November arranged by his family and friends.
Lordship Rec videos We’ve set up a video page on our website – www.lordshiprec.org.uk/gallery – with many of the key videos taken about the Rec recently and over the years. One of them is an interview in 2020 with Rocky – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NyQCAuJN_k There’s many other informative and inspiring videos there as well – why not have a browse?
Lordship Rec: New Weather Station and the world’s first Cloud Appreciation Park! In honour of the 250th anniversary of Tottenham resident Luke Howard, the ‘namer of clouds’, we helped organise a month of events and exhibitions, including last Saturday’s activities for kids and a special Clouds Day last Sunday. Over 150 people took part in the weekend’s activities, discussions, talks, and a film show, and the Hub’s new weather station was launched. Its never been more important for us all to understand weather issues and take action to reverse climate change. At the top of the park, near the Higham Road entrance, we held a ceremony with reps from the Met Office, Cloud Appreciation Society, the deputy mayor of Haringey, and a descendant of Luke Howard, to unveil our new ‘Cloud Gazing In Lordship Rec’ interpretation board and declare Lordship Rec the world’s first Cloud Appreciation Park. You can watch the ceremony video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF24qNZ5iK4
OUR NEW WEATHER STATION
The new Luke Howard Weather Station is now up and running in the Hub. Why not check out the screen near the front door? More info on this website’s drop down menu. This document explains it all:
Friends Work – November Update
Luke Howard 250th anniversary events poster
Friends Work – Update
TROVE MARKET IN LORDSHIP REC
Saturday 5th November 11-4pm
THE (monthly) TROVE MARKET is about bringing people together, facilitating a range of free activities and providing a platform for entrepreneurs of all ages.
Visit the market for a fun day out!
SCHEDULE:
Community football match= 11am
Drumming workshop= 12-1pm
Toddler music time= 1-1:30pm
Repair cafe run by HARINGEY FIXERS= 12:30-3:30 (in the Hub)
THROUGHOUT THE DAY:
-Art workshops
-Face painting
-Card making
-Sports
-Jewellery making
-Crocheting tutorials & pom-pom making
November Update
November Update
1. Coming events
2. News from some October events
REPORTS FROM OCTOBER EVENTS
‘Scenes from the Farm’
On Sunday October 16th 55 people attended a showing at the Hub of the powerful 1988 TV documentary about the African-Caribbean and activist community on Broadwater Farm. This was followed by a fascinating Q & A with special guest, Clasford Stirling – one of the activists featured in the film, and still as active as ever today as coordinator of the Broadwater United FC youth football teams based in the sports field in the Rec. The event was organised by the Friends of Lordship Rec. Dave, the FLR chair, explained at the showing that when the Friends formed in 2001 they had taken great inspiration from the efforts to improve facilities and community empowerment on the Farm in the decades before.
Halloween
On Friday 28th October, Joan and Nina of the Friends coordinated a lantern-making event at the Hub attended by over 200 people – this was followed by an evening Halloween walk and ‘scary story’ by Mr Squash.
ParkRun
On Saturday 22nd October nearly 260 people took part in the first Lordship Rec ParkRun event, followed by a similar number the following Saturday. This is the culmination of a year of planning since an enthusiast, Daniel, first floated the idea at a Friends meeting. The runs are for all ages and abilities and are backed by the Friends and the Hub – to continue every Saturday at 9am. More info: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/lordshiprecreationground/
Apple Day
On Sunday October 30th loads of people of all ages flocked to the Friends’ annual event celebrating apples – it included people helping make their own apple juice, doing a quiz, kids doing apple bobbing and squishing, kids crafts, longest peel contest, home made apple cakes for sale, information displays including samples of 60 different varieties of hand-picked apples!
Volunteering sessions in the Rec
Our Friends regular volunteering sessions continue. Each week there’s an opportunity for park users to join us in the orchard, the Woodland, or help with our Litterpickers group. And and on Saturday 29th October a dozen volunteers got down and dirty into the River Moselle channel to clear a stretch of overgrown vegetation to help the river flow more easily.
COMING EVENTS
Saturday 5th November
11am – 4pm: The Trove Market in the Rec by the Hub, N17 6NU
This community market is about bringing people together, facilitating a range of free activities and providing a platform for entrepreneurs of all ages.
Community football match= 11am * Drumming workshop= 12-1pm * Toddler music time= 1-1:30pm * Repair cafe run by Haringey Fixers, 12:30-3:30 (in the Hub) THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Art workshops, Face painting , Card making, Sports, Jewellery making, Crocheting tutorials & pom-pom making
6pm-8.30pm Fireworks night @ The Hub and in the Rec:
Come and view the firework display (8pm) at Ally Pally from the top of the hill in Lordship Rec! Each year hundreds of local people do so. There will be special refreshments for sale at the Hub cafe.
Sunday 6th November, 2pm-3.30pm @ The Hub: Open meeting for all lovers of Lordship Rec Why not come and join us at this month’s Friends of Lordship Rec meeting to share news and views about the park? We have lots more news to share and things to discuss about the woodland, the orchard, the lake and river, ParkRun, Shell Theatre activities, the Hub, and various other events, activities and volunteering opportunities. We especially welcome new people. There’ll also be info about volunteering sessions to maybe get involved in, and initiatives to get excited about! Report of September meeting: https://lordshiprec.live-website.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FLR-mins-4.9.2022-pdf.pdf Getting actively involved: If you’d like to get actively involved in the Friends from time to time (eg one of our volunteer working groups), but can’t make the Friends meeting, please fill in this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KF97ZXC Note: if you want to volunteer specifically in the Hub, contact volunteering@lordshiphub.org.uk
Background Info: General info about the Friends (history, what we do etc) here: https://lordshiprec.live-website.com/get-involved/the-friends/
Facebook: Why not join our facebook group for sharing ongoing info, photos, news about the Rec? https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/307036912739/
Background Info: General info about the Friends (history, what we do etc) here: https://lordshiprec.live-website.com/get-involved/the-friends/
Facebook: Why not join our facebook group for sharing ongoing info, photos, news about the Rec? https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/307036912739/
Saturday 19th November, 1-5pm ART FAIR @ The Hub
Prints, artworks, cards, photos, crafts by local people
Luke Howard’s 250th anniversary / Weather Station / Clouds appreciation + Crowdfunding appeal
November 1st – 30th
Photo exhibition of Clouds, in the Hub Cafe daily
Sat 26 November
10.30 – 12.30 ‘Head In The Clouds’ childrens event including kite making/flying and dance
Sun 27 November
10.30 – 12.30 ‘Luke Howard, Energy and Climate Change’ workshop/discussion led by Tottenham FOE / eN10ergy
13.00 – 15.00 Talks by the Luke Howard biographer, and reps from the Met Office and the Cloud Appreciation Society organised by Tottenham Clouds
15.15pm Cutting of tape to designate Lordship Rec as the UK’s first ‘Cloud Appreciation Park’ in recognition of new Luke Howard Weather Station / solar panels / clouds interpretation boards
16.00 – 18.00 Showing of legendary ‘The Age of Stupid’ climate change film, including an interview with the Director Franny Armstrong
Sun 27 November
10.30 – 12.30 ‘Luke Howard, Energy and Climate Change’ workshop/discussion led by Tottenham FOE / eN10ergy
13.00 – 15.00 Talks by the Luke Howard biographer, and reps from the Met Office and the Cloud Appreciation Society organised by Tottenham Clouds
15.15pm Cutting of tape to designate Lordship Rec as the UK’s first ‘Cloud Appreciation Park’ in recognition of new Luke Howard Weather Station / solar panels / clouds interpretation boards
16.00 – 18.00 Showing of legendary ‘The Age of Stupid’ climate change film, including an interview with the Director Franny Armstrong
Please help fund these activities and projects! https://www.gofundme.com/f/celebration-of-luke-howard-namer-of-clouds