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24th July 2010
A new "horse friendly" gate has replaced the one which was stolen from Royds Hall Lane by the entrance to Old Hanna Wood.
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Judy Woods (and husband Barry) inspect the sign near to the new gate. This is their second visit from Australia. We're honoured that the woods are worth coming so far to see!
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10th July 2010
Harold Park Gala
The committee attended the Gala with a stall full of second hand books and made a respectable £50 for our funds. We even made a couple of new members. Our stall was next the Low Moor Local History Group one and if you wondering what the chap is doing there, he's an advert for a Scarecrow Festival not one of the committee!
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| 21st May 2010
Shelf Junior and Infants School did a Sponsored Walk from Station Road. The photo shows Mr. Sykes checking the children in at the entrance to Judy Woods.
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24th April 2010
More good news from Grass Roots Grants. We have new funding to enable us to replace the defaced information board on Station Road which gives the history of the woods.
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| 18th March 2010 AGM Thursday
Peter Walker, our chairman told us at the 2009 AGM he would not
be seeking re-election this year. We are very pleased to tell you that Stuart Tordoff
was elected to this office. He has been an active member of the FOJW for several years,
and much of the work done by the Task Group has been the result of Stuart's initiative and drive.
He will be continuing as an active member of the Task Group, along with several other committee
members and volunteers. The official Task Group representative on the committee is now John Reilly,
who himself has done some sterling work over the last few years.
Our grateful thanks go to the retiring Chairman, Peter Walker. Peter chaired the group from its formation
in 2002 and has been involved in all aspects of its work, including liaising with Bradford Council, organisations,
the media and many members of the public. He has not retired from the committee, however, and will no doubt be just
as active in the work of caring for Judy Woods.
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| 12th March 2010 More leaflets
Bradford Council has reprinted the Judy Woods walks leaflet in their "A Breath of Fresh" series.
It's still available as a download from this site, but paper copies can be picked up from Wyke Library of at FoJW events.
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Monday 15th February 2010
At very short notice we opened Tinker's Trail on Monday 15th February. Councillor Anne Hawkesworth cut the ribbon assisted by members of Barrie's family.
Photograph shows Mrs Janet Tinker and children Hannah and John
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Monday 21st December 2009
Unfortunately we had to cancel the opening of the new footpath as the snow was so deep you couldn't see the path!
At a later date, Councillor Hawkesworth will officially open our “Access for All” footpath, which is dedicated to the memory of Barrie Tinker, former Bradford Council Parks Manager and supporter of the Friends of Judy Woods, who died last year. Barrie's family will be present to acknowledge this simple gesture of approval of Barrie's work.
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December 3rd 2009
We've just heard that we have been awarded another Grass Roots grant - this time to cover the cost of a new vandal proof notice board to replace the one on Station Road which has been damaged.
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November 19th 2009
We have applied and been accepted, for funding from the Bovril Great Outdoor Revival. Any money we receive will be used for repairs to walls in the woods. We need your support and should be obliged if you would cast your vote by visiting the website http://www.bovril.co.uk/revival/ using the project code: YHOT000065
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November 6th 2009
Our new wheelchair/scooter access gates add the finishing touches to the new 'Access for All' Path.
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The top photograph shows the gate at the entrance to Royds Hall Great Wood, the photograph right shows the gate at the entrance at Ullswater Drive.
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November 1st 2009
Our new, revamped website went live on November 1st - with more pages, more links, bigger and better images and new sections including a downloads page. We hope you like it!
Our thanks to Steve Gaunt of CalverleyInfo for his efforts.
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October 2009 - Access for All path from Ullswater Drive, Woodside
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If you go down to the woods today you're in for a big surprise.... no, not teddy bears, but our new Access for All footpath. It was made possible by support from a Community Spaces Grant, part of the Big Lottery Fund. The path will give access for wheelchairs and motorised scooters. Two specially adapted gates are due to be installed within the next few weeks and later picnic benches and resting posts will be added. A leaflet is being prepared which can be download from this site.
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| October 2009: New Performance Area |
A new Performance area has been laid out at Woodside in Royds Hall Great Wood. No doubt this will prove very useful when organising events in the woods
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