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Month: May 2012

GARDENERS FROM PARKS AND COUNTRYSIDE CREATE ANOTHER DAZZLING FLORAL DISPLAY BESIDE THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL

GARDENERS FROM PARKS AND COUNTRYSIDE CREATE ANOTHER DAZZLING FLORAL DISPLAY BESIDE THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL

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Gardeners from Parks and Countryside were hard at work today creating yet another dazzling floral display in the flower beds around the Victoria Memorial. This morning, the beds were empty, but by lunchtime, they looked like this:

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The gardeners are seen here carrying out the back-breaking work of putting in the summer bedding plants:

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An ornamental flower garden has existed in this location since the early 1880s. Prior to the relocation of the Victoria Memorial from the city centre in 1937, the garden was known as the Adam and Eve Garden, after two statues nicknamed “Adam” and “Eve.” The picture below shows the garden in Edwardian times.

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THIN YELLOW LINE

THIN YELLOW LINE

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Pictured below are two officers from ParksWatch. It’s thanks to their hard work, and the work of their fellow officers, that Woodhouse Moor is now once again a place that can be enjoyed by ordinary law-abiding citizens.

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The officers of ParksWatch are the thin yellow line that prevents Woodhouse Moor from returning to the state of anarchy that existed prior to 2010.

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COUNCILLOR MARK DOBSON CALLS FOR THE LITTER LOUTS TO BE FINED

COUNCILLOR MARK DOBSON CALLS FOR THE LITTER LOUTS TO BE FINED

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The current spell of hot weather has attracted the litter louts back onto the Moor. These are the people who in the main, don’t pay council tax, and who by their anti-social activities and abundant leisure time, turn the Moor into a no-go area for the people who do pay council tax, and who have to pay for all the litter to be cleared up.

Yesterday, local councillor Gerry Harper called for the litter louts to be fined. Today Councillor Mark Dobson added his voice to Councillor Harper’s. In an article in today’s Yorkshire Evening Post, it was announced that Councillor Dobson is to have talks with the police about the introduction of fines.

Given the recent upsurge in anti-social behaviour on the Moor, and the defiant stance taken by some of the perpetrators towards the officers of ParksWatch, Councillor Dobson’s intervention is greatly to be welcomed.

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CINDER MOOR PLAYS HOST TO CIRCUS VEGAS

CINDER MOOR PLAYS HOST TO CIRCUS VEGAS

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Circus Vegas is the latest in a long line of circuses to pitch their tent on Cinder Moor, the part of Woodhouse Moor which traditionally hosts such events. The circus will be on Cinder Moor from Friday the 25th May until Sunday the 10th June.

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106TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE BOWLING GREENS

106TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE BOWLING GREENS

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The first of the bowling greens was opened a hundred and six years ago today. Below is a Yorkshire Evening Post drawing showing the entrance to the new bowling green as it appeared at the time of the opening in 1906:

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And here is a photograph showing the same entrance as it appears today. Not very much has changed.

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Accounts of the opening appeared in all the local papers. Here is the account that appeared in the Yorkshire Daily Observer on the 15th May 1906.

A LEEDS NEW MUNICIPAL BOWLING GREEN

The new municipal bowling green on Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, was opened last night by the Lord Mayor (Mr. E. Woodhouse), who was accompanied by Miss Woodhouse. The green, which is situated between the fountain and Moorland Road, is about 40 yds. square, and is surrounded by rustic railings and by shrubs. A rustic pavilion has been erected, and the whole has a very pleasing effect. The work of laying the green out was commenced in 1904, and provided occupation for fifty or sixty men for a considerable time. The charge to each player for using the green will be a penny an hour.

Mr H. B. James, (chairman of the Property Committee), presided at the opening ceremony, and said that they had there a bowling green which they believed to be the best in Leeds. The chairman caused some amusement by mentioning that it was the body known as the “Woodhouse Parliament” that had pressed the Corporation to lay out the green, which had been the means of providing work for a number of the unemployed at a time of great need.

The Lord Mayor, in performing the opening ceremony, mentioned that he was an old bowler himself. He referred to the fame of Yorkshire as a bowling county, and said he hoped the residents of the district would appreciate the green and use it. A vote of thanks was passed to the Lord Mayor, on the proposition of Alderman Hepton, seconded by Mr. W. Marston, and the chairman was also accorded a vote of thanks. Subsequently an exhibition game was played on the green by teams composed of well-known local bowlers.

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After the opening, the band of the Leeds Engineers played selections of music.

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