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Park gets new sandstone carvings
Published: 30/06/2016
天涯社区 Countryside Service, local businesses, sports clubs and volunteers
have come together to fund new sandstone carvings in Wepre Park.
The 8 sandstone carvings are of leaves from trees found in the park and cost
拢300 each to make and install. They now form a wildleaf trail within the
parks play area.
天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet Member for the Environment, Councillor
Bernie Attridge, said:
鈥淚t鈥檚 great that 天涯社区 Countryside Service has been able to obtain the
sponsorship for these 8 carvings from local businesses and clubs. As a
representative of the Council and also one of the sponsors, FC Nomads, I鈥檇 like
to encourage everyone to come along to the park to see these latest impressive
additions.鈥�
Tim Johnson, Countryside Ranger with 天涯社区, said:
鈥淲e were able to secure funding from seven different local sources and I would
like to thank each and everyone one of them for their support. These sandstone
carvings of leaves will allow children to see close up the detail of the leaves
and, hopefully, this will encourage them to explore the play area and the park
in general.鈥�
Each carving has a dedicated sponsor: Arwyn Parry Groundwork and Fencing
Contractor, FC Nomads, the Old Hall Caf茅, the Friends of Wepre Park,
Garnett-Hughes, Oakenholt Farm B&B and Groundwork Contractors and Sharland
Brother Funfairs. Harry Sharland also sponsored a second stone in memory of
Brian Allsopp who was a founding member of the Deeside Festival in Wepre Park
and brought so much to the area for the community. Brian died in 1990 while
performing in the festival parade.
A recent study looking at art in the park, commissioned by the Friends of Wepre
Park and the Countryside Service, has revealed great scope for all spectrums of
art to be encouraged. This could be from sculpture to dance and song and could
represent local and national themes. This project is a building block towards
this.
Left to right: Cllr Ian Dunbar - Friends of Wepre Park, Les and Jennifer Hulme
- Oakenholt Farm B&B, Marion Lockwood -Old Hall Caf茅, Tim Johnson - FCC, Mary
Caveill - Old Hall Caf茅, Harry Sharland - Sharland Funfairs, Jenny Eccles -
Friends of Wepre Park and Arwyn Parry