This Flyer has been sponsored by the Gallery Cafe, Honley Issue 91 September 2013 www.honleyvillagetrust.org.uk A voluntary organisation working for Honley village A team of volunteers turns out monthly to do the work which keeps Trust land in good order and a pleasant place to visit. There has been a lot of work done by the volunteers over the last two months. Most of this work has been down on the River Mag on Magdale Fields. Work on the gabions to strengthen the river bank is now done. This was quite a big job, filling big steel wire baskets with stones from the river and then facing them on the outside with big stones donated by Kirklees. They were then covered with soil taken from the ‘Canary Island’* which the gabi- ons are protecting. (see map ‘C.I.’). Over time the gabions will become overgrown by wild plants and their construction lends itself very well to making homes for fauna like insects and small mammals, such as shrews and field mice. Lower down the gabion at water level there will be homes for river-dwelling invertebrates like river shrimps and small fish such as sticklebacks. Gaps have also been left in the facing stones to provide homes for birds. Why not walk along one after- noon and have a look at the work the volunteers have done? Other work done by volunteers over the last 3 months was to clear the same stretch of river bank of the extremely invasive Hi- malayan Balsam. This has been cleared all the way from the Mag bridge down to the white foot-bridge by the waterfall (see map) The Balsam is now seeding so it’s too late to clear any more this year. If you hear chain saws down on Magdale we can assure you that we are working to strict TPO (Tree Preservation Order) Rules. The Trust has got permission from Kirklees to cut down, prune, or clear those trees that are taking light or are dead. New ones will be planted. . * Can any of our readers remember why this stretch of land is known as the Canary Island? (It’s not a holiday destination) If so please email the editor at [email protected]If you’d like to join us for a bit of exercise on a Sunday give the volunteers’ coordinator Neil Littlewood a ring on 0776 674 2140, or just turn up at the old cemetery chapel at 10 am on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Gabions galore! HVCT VOLUNTEERS report by Neil Littlewood THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING A VERY LOCAL CHARITY. Thank you to everyone who has joined the Trust or paid their annual subs and / or given a donation this year. If you also signed the gift aid declaration every £1 you put in the envelope becomes £1.25 when we claim back the tax on your donation. The Trust has over 1,200 members who subscribe annually and nearly 150 who are life members. Many thanks to Brenda and Duncan at Honley Post Office, Tony Washington and staff at Taylor’s Foodstore and the staff at the Honley branch of the Yorkshire Building Society for collecting the envelopes. If you misplaced your envelope it’s not too late to join for this year, just ask at one of the above for another! Honley Village Community Trust – Working for Honley SCOUT HEADQUARTERS EXTENSION 6th Holme Valley (Trinity Church) Scout Group refurbishes its Honley Headquarters The official opening ceremony for the new extension to the refurbished Honley Scout HQ took place on the afternoon of Saturday, 13th July 2013, coinciding with the Honley Extravaganza. The 'ribbon' was cut by Cllr Charles Greaves following short speeches by Paul Roberts (Chairman), Sandra Whiteley (Group Scout Leader) and Rev Tim Moore (Trinity Church). Entertainment was provided during the afternoon outside the HQ including an attempt on the tallest milk crate tower (The record was 22 crates) The two new meeting /activity rooms and storeroom will be fully operational by the beginning of September when Sections return for their weekly meetings following the summer break. Thanks go from the Group to the many people and organisations that contributed towards this project. Funding was received from: Holme Valley Area Committee (Kirklees), Holme Valley Parish Council, Holmfirth Rotary Club, Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing, Huddersfield Common Good Trust, Integrated Youth Support Service (Kirklees), Bernard Sunley Charitable foundation, Freemasons (Province of Yorkshire, West Riding), Co-operative Membership Community Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, Honley Village Community Trust, Honley Civic Society, Yorkshire Building Society (Honley branch). These grants plus donations and proceeds from the 'Buy a Brick' scheme raised the outstanding amount of £46,000 which more or less covered the full cost of this work. Paul Roberts Gabions F is h i n g d a m C.I. Balsam cleared p a t h Newsletter of the Honley Village Community Trust
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This Flyer has been sponsored by the Gallery Cafe, Honley
Issue 91 September 2013
www.honleyvillagetrust.org.uk A voluntary organisation working for Honley village
A team of volunteers turns out
monthly to do the work which
keeps Trust land in good order
and a pleasant place to visit.
There has been a lot of work done by the volunteers over the
last two months. Most of this work has been down on the River
Mag on Magdale Fields. Work on the gabions to strengthen the
river bank is now done. This was quite a big job, filling big steel
wire baskets with stones from the river and then facing them on
the outside with big stones donated by Kirklees. They were then
covered with soil taken from the ‘Canary Island’* which the gabi-
ons are protecting. (see map ‘C.I.’).
Over time the gabions will become overgrown by wild plants
and their construction lends itself very well to making homes for
fauna like insects and small mammals, such as shrews and field
mice. Lower down the gabion at water level there will be homes
for river-dwelling invertebrates like river shrimps and small fish
such as sticklebacks. Gaps have also been left in the facing
stones to provide homes for birds. Why not walk along one after-
noon and have a look at the work the volunteers have done?
Other work done by volunteers over the last 3 months was to
clear the same stretch of river bank of the extremely invasive Hi-
malayan Balsam. This has been cleared all the way from the Mag
bridge down to the white foot-bridge by the waterfall (see map)
The Balsam is now seeding so it’s too late to clear any more this
year.
If you hear chain saws down on Magdale we can assure you
that we are working to strict TPO (Tree Preservation Order)
Rules. The Trust has got permission from Kirklees to cut down,
prune, or clear those trees that are taking light or are dead. New
ones will be planted.
. * Can any of our readers remember why this stretch of land
is known as the Canary Island? (It’s not a holiday destination) If
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