FINALLY!!! THAT SPADE IN THE GROUND MOMENT; Excitement at Radipole Park and Gardens Lottery Project 2023
But the nail biting times are over, we've been there, spade in hand, chap in high viz and hard hat, works about to start. Over the following months you'll be able to follow our journey as we finally give our Cinderella park the beautiful gown she so rightly deserves....
What Happened to 2022? Radipole Gardens 2023
Well, talk about being a roller coaster ride. The year 2022 was when it all should have been happening. Covid stopped us in our project tracks, we should have been celebrating the big Lottery award news, but so much has happened in those turbulent years between then and now! The article penned in our Christmas Radipole Ripples news letter from our chair Mike Goulden says it all....
Wagon’s Roll 2022! Exciting News; Tenders Have Gone Out For Our Lottery Project
It's really beginning! For so long it's seemed just words on a page, ideas in the head, pretty pictures on paper...
Remembering Weymouth’s Long Lost Estuary
Historically though, the Backwater was exactly that, a back water as opposed to the sea front. Weymouth, or to be more precise, what used to be Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, were two separate settlements that were divided by this estuary. (The name Weymouth: of course means mouth of the river Wey)...
Revealed;- Some Hidden Gems; Radipole Park and Gardens
Watching bats sweeping to and fro in these gardens are one of my treasured childhood memories, though what they were probably feeding on, not such good memories! Playing tennis in the evenings usually meant you spent more time swiping away those mozzies who seemed determined to devour you....
Radipole’s Big Fun Day; Surprises That Just Keep on Giving
With our biggest event done and dusted for this year, we now have time to catch our breaths and reflect before we start to think about next year. Each year our Big Fun Day has grown in size, as our chair Mike Goulden so aptly put it, we have created a monster! O.K so it might not be the biggest event on the planet, but coming from a committee of just five, how can I kindly put this? persons of a certain age, it takes a lot of time, energy and stamina as anyone who arranges events of any size will know. Thankfully we have a regular...
You Win..We Win; Your Views Matter
A busy old time for posting on here, but that's because there is so much going on behind the scenes with our big Heritage Lottery Bid. We are building up to our final submission and I promise that we'll post news on here soon to keep you all updated with what's happening...
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