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Lordship Rec Community Festival 2012

Saturday September 22nd, 1-5pm

A wide range of free activities for all ages and interests

Celebrate Our ‘New’ Park

Lordship Rec has been a public park for 80 years. It has boasted many unique features including the nationally reknowned Model Traffic Area plus the Shell Theatre. In 2011-12 major renovation works have taken place bringing these features back to life and adding new ones. We now have a stunning new course for the River Moselle, a state of the art bike track, an innovative ‘eco’ building with cafe, toilets, community room and classroom, and many other natural features.

Come and join in the fun!

Something for Everyone
Activities include:

• Variety of Sports, games and Exercise Tasters and Fun Run in the park and in the Broadwater Farm Community Centre. All for Free! Continue reading “Lordship Rec Community Festival 2012”

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River Moselle Walk

Haringey’s ‘Forgotten’ River No Longer A Secret!


– Park users produce new pamphlet and organise successful walk to celebrate Haringey’s ‘forgotten’ River Moselle and its new open section in Lordship Rec
– 80 attend residents Walk on Sunday 24th June

To celebrate the launch of the new River Moselle guide and the restoration of the river in Lordship Rec, 80 residents took part in a 6 mile walk on Sunday 24th June along the route of Haringey’s ‘forgotten’ and mostly underground river. The walk was organised by the Haringey Friends of Parks Forum. It started from Queen’s Wood, Highgate at 10.30am (where particpants were able to view one of the Moselle tributaries which starts off as a trickle) and ended at Markfield Park by the River Lea at 4pm. On the way it stopped at many key points to hear about some of the history of the river, its features and its surroundings. Continue reading “River Moselle Walk”

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Park Update and Friends AGM!

The regeneration works we’ve campaigned for are due to be completed in July. There’ll be a Celebration/Festival on Saturday September 22nd! Meanwhile why not attend the Friends Annual General meeting – All welcome!

SUNDAY 6th MAY, 2pm
In our temporary venue: Church on the Farm @ the back of the Opportunity Centre, Adams Rd, Broadwater Farm –  200 metres to the east of Broadwater Community Centre

UPDATE

Much of park remains open most of the time, but there’s disruption in some areas whilst works go on. A temporary ‘road’ has been created through the main field so the public can continue to use paths safely and paths aren’t damaged by works vehicles. Continue reading “Park Update and Friends AGM!”

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Lordship Rec – past, present and future

We did a talk at the Haringey History Fair at Bruce Castle Museum on behalf of the Friends about the history of Lordship Rec. It went down well, with up to 80 people attending (standing room only!).

We showed our 2007 film about the Rec: https://lordshiprec.live-website.com/video/ And we circulated the information below explaining how we are bringing history alive through the current regeneration of the Model Traffic Area and Shell Theatre, and the river restoration…

The following is just a rough summary of the history of Tottenham’s largest open space. Apologies if key points missed out, or some facts wrong!
–  Friends of Lordship Rec (2012)

1800s-1900s Downhills manor/estate straddles area – to become Downhills Park and Lordship Rec in the 20th century. Included Moselle River and adjacent ornamental lake (thought to be on the site of a Saxon ‘moat’). Green spaces were also known locally as ‘uplands’, ‘downhills’ and ‘mount pleasant’ at different times.
1910-20 Tower Gardens Estate built. To the south there are allotments + river + marsh + a ‘Broadwaters’ farm
1932 Lordship Rec created by Tottenham Council.
1936 10,000 local people attend Lordship Rec grand opening
1938 Model Traffic Area (MTA), unique in UK, opened.
1940 Downhills Shelter (in southern part of park) suffers wartime bomb direct hit. 40+ local people killed. Continue reading “Lordship Rec – past, present and future”

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Big Garden Bird Watch

National Birdwatch Survey open to all!

Saturday 28th January, 12 noon, Downhills Park – meet at the cafe
Sunday 29th January, 12 Noon, Lordship Rec – meet at the lake

There will be common birds photos/recording sheets for everyone who would like to take part.

Spend just one hour wandering around the parks either singularly or in small groups (BRING THE KIDS) looking for the many different species that live with us in the parks.

We will enter our results afterwards into the RSPB website.

Continue reading “Big Garden Bird Watch”

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Workshop in Spinney

On Tuesday 7th Feb and 28th Feb from 10:00am to 3:00pm we are having workshops in the Spinney,  Lordship Rec, Adams Rd/Freedom Rd N17 to plant young trees into a hedge on the north side and to do some dead hedging and a little hedge laying.

BTCV are coming to give a hand.

Back 2 Earth will provide a lunch and hot drinks for volunteers.

It would be good to see you there. Do tell anyone else you know who would like to be involved.

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The Trax AGM

10am – 11am Saturday 3rd Dec. Broadwater Farm Community Centre

Apart from drinking lots of tea, making lots of noise and generally chatting about stuff one of the main things we do at the AGM is vote in a committee. This is a very special year as much of the committee are moving on and or taking on non committee roles in the club. This opens up new opportunities as we enter the clubs next and must exciting phase as the Lordship Loop is born.

Continue reading “The Trax AGM”

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Willow Weaving Workshop

In Back2Earth’s Harmony Gardens

Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Road, N17 6HE

Run by Angie and Georgia, working on a selection of sculptural features in the gardens.

The dates and times of the workshops are as follows:

  • Thursday 24th November 1-3 pm
  • Friday 25th November 10-12am and 1.15-3.15pm
  • Thursday1st December  1-3 pm
  • Friday 2nd Dec  10-12am and 1.15-315pm

To register your interest please contact info@back2earth.org.uk and put willow workshop as the subject of your email.

Or ring the Back2Earth office on 020 8808 1829

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Mapping the trees

Spinney management workshop at Lordship Rec just outside the Broadwater Community Centre, Adams Rd, N17 on Saturday 29th October 2011 from 10am to 3pm.

The Lordship Spinney Management Group in conjunction with "Back 2 Earth", is to hold the first of a series of workshops to manage the  trees in the Spinney.

You are invited to join in this interesting, informative and enjoyable workshop.

Continue reading “Mapping the trees”

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Friends Monthly Meeting

Drop-in / update for all park users – for all the news and views!

Sunday 4th September – 2pm

At our temporary venue, Church on Farm, back of Opportunity Centre, Adams Rd. (Just 200 metres up the road from the Community Centre).

All park users and local residents welcome to drop in. This month we will discuss our aims and aspirations for the long term future of the park (see below), especially ensuring that all the agreed improvements and future staffing/maintenance happens as planned!

Plus regular weekly user groups sessions continue: egg:

  • Monday walking group. Meet 9.20am at Downhill’s Park Rd entrance. All welcome.
  • Mother & Toddler Group  Tues & Thurs at BWF Community Centre. 11am. All parents/carers and their toddlers welcome.
  • Wednesday Dog Training, 1pm in the Main Field   All dog owners welcome.
  • Trax Club – regular rides + weekly youth club   Info: www.thetrax.co.uk
  • Friday’s green gym + community café (may be having a brief break) – contact Back 2 Earth, 8808 1829, to check if on
  • Football teams – various days. Ask at the Community Centre.
  • Lordship Wildlife Group – meet monthly.

Saturday Sept 24th, 1-5pm – Sporticulture Day: [Sports and Horticulture!] community event in and around the BWF Community Centre. See https://lordshiprec.live-website.com/2011/08/sporticulture-day/