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2016 – Happy New Year
Ol’Wilf always gets a little pensive and maudlin at this time of the year – what about you? We’ve often seen so many friends, relatives, workmates, neighbours and celebrities in the obituary columns throughout the year, that it’s easy to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, community, Happy New Year, neighbours, parks, west midlands, wilf, wolverhampton, wolverhamptonsgreatoutdoors, wolvesparkies
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Dog and chips …
Not another story about animals and food? No, more a question really … The Environment Secretary (Owen Paterson) has announced that all dogs in England must be micro-chipped, by law, from 6 April 2016. Obviously, us ‘Parkies’ love nothing better … Continue reading
Posted in animals, community
Tagged act, animal welfare, canine, chipping, chips, DEFRA, dogs, legislation, micro, ownership, wolverhampton, wolverhamptonsgreatoutdoors, wolvesparkies
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East Park Tree Planting
Saturday, 24 November 2012 To celebrate National Tree Week 2012 (24 November – 2 December), we held a tree planting event for our park users in East Park, where we planted 18 trees. Those who took part were given the … Continue reading
Posted in community, events, wolverhampton
Tagged 24 november 12, alder, ash, awareness, badgers, bees, birch, bird, blackbird, british, butterflies, catkins, cherry, common hornbeam, dormice, east park, eastparkwolverhampton, facebook, finches, goldfinches, heritage lottery fund, hlf, larvae, memory, mistle thrush, mountain, native, parks and green spaces, public, rangers, redpolls, restoration, rowan, seeds, silver, siskins, songbird, species, transformation, tree planting, twitter, victorian, waxwings, wildlife, wolverhampton, wolverhampton city council, wolvesparkies, woodmice
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Where are they now? …
Where are they now? Back in the mid 1980’s … When our service was part of the Leisure Services Department at Wolverhampton City Council – photographs were taken prior to producing a new booklet all about Parks in Wolverhampton. On the … Continue reading
Posted in community, photography, Social Media, where are they now, Wildlife, wolverhampton
Tagged bantock park, children, east park, green spaces, leisure services department, local nature reserve, nature reserve, parks, pendeford mill, pitch and putt, play areas, swings, west park, whipper snapper, wilf, wolverhampton, wolverhampton city council, wolvesparkies
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Take a walk on the wild side …
Here in Wolverhampton Parks we can often be seen walking as we patrol and inspect the parks, but some people rarely walk anywhere. Some will make a mad dash from where they’ve parked the car or from the bus stop, … Continue reading
Posted in community, health, wolverhampton
Tagged families, fitness, free, green, green flag, health, parks, walk, walking, west park, wolverham, wolverhampton
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Not one to burst your bubble, but …
Balloons often bring a smile … to the face of adults as well as children. Indeed, family birthday parties often seem to ‘lack something’ if balloons aren’t involved, somewhere pinned up to ceilings and sitting room walls; declaring the age … Continue reading
Posted in community, Wildlife
Tagged animals, birdlife, conservation, environmental, parks, parks and green spaces, wildlife, wilf, wolverhampton, wolvesparkies
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Daffodils bring the Spring
Daffodils bring the Spring (Poem (c) Linda Burns) We all love the daffodils, We place upon our window sills. We like how their pretty faces, Brighten up our living spaces. Is it Spring or Winter still? Look upon the nearby … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-5 June, 60th anniversary, accession, beacons, bulbs, central england, coronets, crowns, daffodils, diamond jubilee, Elizabeth II, faces, flickr, floats, heart of england, HM The Queen, HRH, jubilee weekend, linda burns, pageants, planting, road closures, spring, street parties, The Queen, wednesfield, west midlands, wilf, wolverhampton, wolverhamptonsgreatoutdoors, wolvesparkies, wonderfulwulfrunians, WV11, yellow
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