Exciting News…Finally!…Our Grand Opening Day Arrives; Saturday 10th August 2024

Grand Opening Day Arrives

 

Nearly nine years in the making.

Just about every curve ball imaginable thrown at us.

Despite all these hurdles, the roller coaster ride from hell,  horrendous weather that plagued and flooded us out, which broke all records, we’ve made it.

Our grand opening day of the new park facilities.

In fact this was our second attempt at an opening day, the first had to be cancelled because of…yes you’ve guessed it…bad weather!

The forecast bode well, dry if not a tad cloudy, but we’ll go with that.

What happens? Wake up to the sound of rain on the sunlounge roof.

What on earth?

Luckily it was a passing shower so it was off to the park to set up for what we hoped would be a great day.

Would people turn up?

Would Lottery representatives like what we’ve done?

You bet your bottom dollar they did, and folks turned up, in droves.

 

 

Every single section of the new park facilities was packed with people

The MUGA and tennis courts teamed with eager folk to try their hand at the free activities.

 

 

pétanque court, sensory garden, table tennis tables, toddlers bike and scooter track.

The cafe had a queue all day long and sold out completely.

 

 

Music provided by the Weymouth Bay Rockers watched by an appreciative audience.

 

 

And Weymouth Ukuleleans were really popular, packing out the sensory garden with their cheerful toe tapping tunes.

 

 

All these free to use public facilities had taster coaching sessions which turned out to be very popular.

Proving that our aims of this Lottery bid to providing a safe green and healthy, free to use space for local families was working.

Midday and it was speech time.

 

 

We were lucky enough to have not one, but two representatives from the Lottery board come down to take part in our celebrations.

Then it was time to cut the tape.

Deputy Mayor, Cllr Caroline Dickinson, ran through some statistics of the project before taking scissors to ribbon…and the deed was done.

 

 

 

It’s hard to recall exactly what happened that day as so much did, and it flew by.

Radipole’s Cinderella park was no more, she now wore her beautiful silken gowns and was well and truly dancing the fandango.

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