Allotment site histories - annual call for assistance

[BAK]

There is where I usually say that there is a very brief history of allotments that you can find in the A4A wiki which includes a section with links to individual allotment site histories.

However, as I do not know what the situation is with the A4A wiki, I cannot say that. See the following page on my own website instead. It currently contains links to 56 site histories.

http://www.bkthisandthat.org.uk/OtherSiteHistories.html

It is around this time of year that I usually look for new additions. However, as time goes by it is becoming more difficult and time-consuming for me to unearth new histories by wandering round the web.

If there is a history on the web for your site, and you cannot see it listed, then it would help me if you could let me know of its existence.

The current entries range from roughly 300-400 words upwards. The majority are roughly equivalent to a sheet of A4 with a small number of more detailed pieces.

If your site does not yet have a history then this is where I try to persuade you (or a.n.other on your site) to produce one. It can make for a useful winter activity ... end of sell.

Thanks

Brian   

[BAK]

[grawrc]

http://www.whaa.org.uk/aboutus.html
It's fairly limited but still  a history of our site.

[BAK]

Thanks grawrc.

[electric landlady]

Our allotment site (Whitemoor, Nottingham) has a very brief history section on this page: http://www.whitemoorallotments.btck.co.uk/About%20us

Cheers

Miriam

[BarriedaleNick]

I would love to get a proper history of our plot as it was originally just land that was effectively squatted by a lot of first gen Italian immigrants in the post war austerity era.
Unfortuantely the older guys are few and far between these days and getting fewer as the years roll on..

[BAK]

As the weather is distinctly inclement I have spent the morning looking for more site histories.

I have managed to find three. I have also checked all the links and found a number of broken ones which I have fixed when I found where the pages were now living.

http://www.bkthisandthat.org.uk/OtherSiteHistories.html

As usual ... details of further links would be gratefully received.

Brian

[BAK]

received link for Moorside Allotments (Newcastle) and added it. Nice website generally.

http://www.moorsideallotments.co.uk/history.html

Edited ... Two more ...

Scarcroft & District Allotments Association. Once again, nice website ...

http://scarcroftanddistrictallotments.blogspot.co.uk/p/site-histories-scarcroft.html

and a link to a brief piece on digging for victory in wartime london

http://eastlondonhistory.com/2012/09/03/digging-for-victory-in-wartime-london/

[BAK]

Latest set of changes made today ...

http://www.bkthisandthat.org.uk/OtherSiteHistories.html

[Wizpod.]

Sorry but I can't do links..............

This year our site received a grant from the Heritage Lottery to research the history of our site and to record stories from the allotments past and present.

The site us we understand the only privately owned allotment site in the city of Leicester.Many of the plots have been worked bu generations of the same family for almost 100 tears.
We launch the DVD, booklet and web site at the end of the month but it already covers from 1877.
I hope this helps and please look at the videos.

Google
Queens Road Allotments Not Lost the Plot.

Wizpod.

[BAK]

Wizpod,

thanks very much for the info. I have added a link for Queens Road Allotments (Leicester) to the detailed history section of the page.

http://queensroadallotments.wordpress.com/history-2/

It is an excellent project. Very exemplary. Well done to all concerned ... and keep up the good work.

Brian

[BAK]

It is me again with my annual call for details of links to any new allotment site histories that I can add to my page.

Have a look at it if you have not browsed it before .. http://www.bkthisandthat.org.uk/OtherSiteHistories.html

Recent additions have been:

Littleover Lane Allotments in Derby (home to Deb P and saddad) ..  http://www.littleoverlaneallotments.org.uk/history

Duxford Allotment Society (note that this is a pdf file) .. http://www.duxfordallotments.org.uk/download/i/mark_dl/u/4012479177/4611653288/Allotments%20history.pdf

Thanks

Brian

[BAK]

Hi,

links to the following histories have been added: Watford (transcript of a talk by Mary Reid to the West Watford History Group), Bishopthorpe Allotments, Epsom and Ewell, Over Allotments (Winsford), West Wickham and Wivenhoe Allotments and Gardens Association.

All links have been checked. Any broken links have been mended where it has been possible to locate replacement pages, otherwise they have been removed.

http://www.bkthisandthat.org.uk/OtherSiteHistories.html

Brian

[BAK]

I have converted my website to Wordpress. This means that there are new page names. The revised URL for the "Links to Allotment Site Histories" page is now ..

http://bkthisandthat.org.uk/links-to-allotment-site-histories/

Thanks

[French-Dream]

Hi.

We have a website for the  Wellesbourne Allotment Association I looking to build on the history of the site.

[jobee]

Hi just picked up on this old thread asI'm thinking of looking into the history of our site. Link not working so wondered if there is anything more recent?

[Jayb]

Hi and Welcome to A4A 

Try this link to BK This and That https://bkthisandthat.org.uk/allotments/
There are some links on the page that might be what you are looking for. What allotment site are you on?

[BAK]

https://bkthisandthat.org.uk/links-to-allotment-site-histories/

[jobee]

Thanks BAK I've found it now. I'm in a small town called Alsager in Cheshire :)