Meetings & Local Activities
Meetings are regularly attended by up to 90 people and
providing tea and cakes is becoming a major operation. The committee
provide the lead and make cakes for each meeting, but members also
volunteer on a rota basis to help out. Our Annual Show is also very labour intensive and members
volunteer to help the committee with a variety of duties including
stewarding, plant sales, refreshments, preparation of The Barlow and
subsequent clearing up after the event and of course, making cakes. We are also very active in the local community and have been involved in leading several initiatives. In 2019 we initiated "Flowers in Edgworth" for which we organised 50 planters full of flowers to line the main street and cross roads. These were jontly funded with North Turton Parish Council . Since the late 1980’s the Society has from
time to time carried out bulb
planting to the approaches to Edgworth village. The first
planting took place on land beside Bolton Road just above what is still
known locally as ‘Loopy Loos’
and, more recently in October 2011 the area around the Waterwheel on
Bury Road was also planted. In Spring 1986 we established the Tebay Memorial Garden in
the grounds of the local parish church, St. Anne’s
at Chapeltown. The garden was redesigned and refurbished in 2009 and is
maintained by members and the committee on a rota basis. As part of the centenary celebrations at the Barlow Institute
we organised a celebrity lecture on 18th March 2009 given by Roy
Lancaster O.B.E. Roy is a very proud Boltonian and he helped the
Society plant a
commemorative tree and plaque near the
children’s play area at the rear of the Barlow
Institute. At our 2012 AGM the members voted to allocate a substantial
sum to a community project. After reviewing various options the
Committee subsequently decided to approach The Barlow committee
with a plan to replant the main flower bed near the
front door. Work commenced by a group of volunteers in September 2013. |
Tebay Memorial Garden |
Roy Lancaster planting the
commemorative tree |
Bulb planting on
Broadhead Road |
Bulb planting at the Waterwheel on Bury Road |
The Barlow flower bed
before work commenced |
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