We are having our open day at Walsall Rd allotments on Saturday 20th August.the gates will be open at 12'oclock midday. Proceeds to charity as is normal with the August open day. We hope to see some of you there if you can make it.
Sorry Shirl, can't make it this year, at the V festival all weekend......... 8)
ooooooh, cake.............
Got my train ticket booked Shirl :D
please post, post code, many thanks
Too far for one day :'(
Quote from: taurus on August 14, 2011, 23:06:51
please post, post code, many thanks
I should have called it th Summer Fayre(oops)
The post code is B42 2LR.
It will be lovely to see you again PL and Taurus and anyone else that comes.
To Deb P. Hope you have great time at the V festival
Possibly.... :)
I will be about 20 miles away that day, if I have time I might be able to pop in.
Quote from: ACE on August 15, 2011, 08:10:49
I will be about 20 miles away that day, if I have time I might be able to pop in.
ACE, please do come - don't worry about the traffic in Brum, I'll send Grandad in the Micra to pick you up. :D
I had better behave then. ;D
Is Walsall on the way to Anglesey? ;)
Have you been on the drink Caroline ;D
I really enjoyed coming last year. I found the Walsall Rd Allotments very inspirational. It particularly inspired me to source vast amounts of biomatter. I just reallised that I had not been adding anywhere near enough.
Unfortunately the wrong weekend for me, so I will have to be there in thought rather than in body,
I suppose you could go to Anglesey via Walsall depends on where you start. There used to be a sign somewhere in Sussex which said Hastings via North Pole so many thousand miles.
Quote from: Digeroo on August 15, 2011, 20:14:49
Unfortunately the wrong weekend for me, so I will have to be there in thought rather than in body,
Aw sorry you won't be there - I enjoyed meeting everyone last year.
Well thats the bric a brac sorted until somebody brings another load ;D
Hmmmmm, i can here the cheese cake calling me now!!!!!! :) Will b there with bells on :)
I hope to come and see how its done !
I suppose what I liked about it is there is no right way of things being done. There are a huge variety of methods, of plants, of flowers and veg and other crops. Just an amazing variety.
Hoping to rearrange things so might be able to come.
Hi can you give insructions from Stourbridge,and is it on a bus route,I used to work in darlaston until the copper works closed down.PS give mw the times.
Thanks Shirl
I'm looking forward to meeting some of you again, and some of you for the first time. I daren't look at the weather forecast, but we will have plenty of cover in case it rains.
Dandlyon, it is on the 51 or 52 bus from Birmingham city centre. Ask the driver to tell you when you get to Perry Avenue (just past the Tennis Court pub) and then cross over the main road go to Church Rd. You'll see the entrance to the allotments just inside the park. We open at 12:00.
There is a map on the website - www.growit.btck.co.uk
Where's the nearest train station. :-\
Quote from: cornykev on August 17, 2011, 17:42:50
Where's the nearest train station. :-\
Perry Barr Kev, are you coming?
You threatening again Kev
Perry Barr railway station is nearest- do we walk up Walsall road and cross over to get in the site?
or do we just follow CK?
Oh, it would be nice to have such a lovely clan near enough to take part in an open day! If I was holidaying near enough I definitely would but alas, I am too far away! I hope it all goes great though - and that the weather holds out for you :) (dare I take a peak at the forecast ....?)
PS - I'd like to place on online order for some homemade cakes, please ;D ;D
Quote from: pumpkinlover on August 17, 2011, 21:45:05
Perry Barr railway station is nearest- do we walk up Walsall road and cross over to get in the site?
or do we just follow CK?
Yes, walk past the One Stop shopping centre and up Walsall Rd till you pass the Tennis Court pub on your right. We are the next turning on the right (Church Rd).
I wonder if we could persuade CK to do the tourist guide thing and lead a procession from the station? ;)
Quote from: Squash64 on August 18, 2011, 06:14:53
I wonder if we could persuade CK to do the tourist guide thing and lead a procession from the station? ;)
How many pubs can he call into on the way ;)
If you turn off to soon then you will end up in the Alexander spports stadium if you turn of late then you will be in the grounds of the Crem. ;D
Quote from: shirlton on August 18, 2011, 10:15:50
If you turn off to soon then you will end up in the Alexander spports stadium if you turn of late then you will be in the grounds of the Crem. ;D
We'd better be careful then!
Are there lunch type things or is it all cake- I suppose I could just eat a lot of cake!
I do believe that we are doing some sandwiches this year.
Cut into nice little triangles with the crust cut off ;)
Well we had a great time today, Thanks to Betty and her team :)
Nice to meet Picman, Galina and Taurus , and Growingfortwins :D :D :D
Thanks for the guided tour Betty, was good to see such a well managed site with such interesting visitors ;-) we got home to find the roads running with wet stuff, now looking forward to my morning toast with lemon marmalade.
It was lovely to visit again, I was gutted @ the lack of cheese cake but the ginger cake that was for sale made up for it :D Unfortunatly our day ended with a trip to birmingham childrens hospital. The twins wanted to go to the park after i dragged them around the site which i thought was quite a good idea (like they would let me walk past the park without them having a play!!), Trinity decided to get off this round-a-bout thing at the same time another little girl wanted to push it. the result of this was not pretty!! She fell off cracked her chin :( blood everywhere!!! When she calmed down she was such a brave little thing, luckily they managed to use steri strips & glue. I was in such a flap, i knew she would need stitches of some sort, but i wasnt sure of the best way to get her to hospital (i know that sounds really daft!). I was the other side of birmingham from where i live, i had no credit on my phone & even if i did have any i had no local taxi firm to call :( so in the end i called an ambulance (which i felt terrible about). They were great with both of the kids. When we got home & i was putting them to bed i asked if they had had a good day & what was thier Favorite part, Gabriel told me the hospital was his best bit & Trinity told me the ride in the ambulance was hers!!
Oh dear what a day you have had..............glad you were all ok in the end :)
It is always nice to meet folks from here. All in all a lovely day. Thankyou all for coming. Sorry I missed you GFT. Shame about your little girl but at least they enjoyed it as part of their day out. ;D
A great day out and thank you to Betty,Shirl,Tony and gang. Nice meeting other A4A members. Real eye opener for my friend Marion,who now No's what I've been on about size of plots and what can be done when theres a good committee in charge. A real credit to you all. Looking forward to my various jellies and chutneys. And will be working out where to put my new plants ;D ;D and Shirls piece of art work :D. Do you take commissions Shirl? The flowers are now gracing my stepdaughters lounge ready for when she arrived home last night. Got lost going home ::). Missed the m5 and ended up on the m69 so got off and came back to Swindon using the Fosse Way. Great views and countryside on that route.
Do you take commissions Shirl(quote by Taurus)
It all depends on what the subject is. ;D
Glad you made it home in the end Taurus
You are welcome to put the pictures up you ANDShirl took of our little group on the track Betty -unless anyone else minds ;) ;) ;) ;)
GFT- I'm glad Trinity ok! At least they will want to come again :)
Our trains were all on time and we wer met by OH's
xAnne
Sounds like it was a super day and I must admit to being a little envious of you all seeing the site and meeting lovely A4A's. :)
Hope Trinity is well on the way to recovery.
Hey guys thanks so much for all of the best wishes, I thought i would show you what all of the fuss was about
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Thank god the tounge heals fast!! hasnt stopped her chatting away @ meal times though!!
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How im suppost to keep this clean & dry till @ least wednesday is beyond me, its already filthy & it hasnt been on 4 24 hours yet!! Well its not slowing her down or stopping her doing all the daft stuff she usually does :D
Ah poor little mite
Well I'm finally back in the land of the living! I was so tired when I got back yesterday that I couldn't find the energy to write anything.
It really was lovely meeting A4Aers again yesterday and I'm glad you all enjoyed yourselves. I am thrilled when people from the forum come to our allotments, and even more thrilled when they come back for another visit. :)
Poor little Trinity, what a horrible thing to happen to her. Hope she is healing up nicely now. Did it happen in the playground in the park outside the allotments? It's a shame you didn't have my mobile number because one of our stallholders is a doctor and I'm sure would have helped.
Our treasurer is still adding up how much we made but I'll let you all know as soon as he's done it. I don't think we had as many customers as other years and I am wondering if a Sunday would be better next year. We will have to have a meeting and see what the others think. Once I've got the total I'll put pictures up on the website.
Quote from: Jayb on August 21, 2011, 11:31:19
Sounds like it was a super day and I must admit to being a little envious of you all seeing the site and meeting lovely A4A's. :)
Hope Trinity is well on the way to recovery.
yes it was a special day and what a bonus meeting a4a ers and putting faces to names. Great to meet and share experiences. Sorry to hear about Trinity's injury. Hope she gets over it fast. Thank you for the guided tour Betty and the pepper seeds. And Norman too.
Great place and lovely company, thanks so much. Hubby loved the banana fruit cake and lemon curd cake I brought back too. Shirley's exquisite glass art will make nice presents.
Thanks to all. :)
We made £1418 despite having fewer customers than other years. It will be divided equally between Macmillan and County Air Ambulance.
Good result indeed! Shame there were fewer people than other years. Even the weather cooperated.
Glad you all had a great time and very worthy causes indeed. ;D ;D :D
Good result indeed :) :) :)