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News Archive, Newest First
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20th March 2007: Again positive news to report during the month of March to date only few sightings of bikers. Remember we must remain vigilant and continue the campaign against this type of anti-social behaviour in our parks.
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WELL DONE EVERYBODY Good news to date, In February 2007 we had the lowest reports of Motor cycles over the Manor, this is fantastic news and hopefully this is the future trend and not a temporary lull during the winter months. The combined efforts with everyone working together to deter these bikers has had a great affect on this, as days get warmer we may see an increase of the bikers returning, we must all be vigilant and follow the guidance of Mark Lambkins team and contact them, again you can pass the information to us by clicking the link below, we will forward this to the gooshays team Many
Thanks
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23/2/07...........................PYRGO THE PARROT PICTURES http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/easternrosella.html This little fellow has been spotted many times in Pyrgo Priory School and has been adopted by the Children, he/she can been heard and seen around the moat area of the Manor. Many Thanks to Don Tait for giving us the information to share with you all |
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22.2.07...............DEER
POACHING..............Deer once a common site in this area, have now sadly
been depleted by unlawful poaching. We need your help to gather information.
Has there been a vehicle in your street, which does not belong there?
Have you heard or seen anything suspicious? |
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Annual Litter Pick 3rd and 4th february 2007: About 20 Members of FODP turned out on two glorious sunny days to pick litter: Hatters Wood, the main car park and entrance looks great now, we have contacted the council about the 50 or so bags of rubbish, and the 40 car tyres, this has been placed ready for collection hopefully before it is scattered again. well done everybody if anyone sees any rubbish being dumped then try to get photographs and forward details to us |
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24 January Calling all bird watchers a Parrot has been spotted in the moat area behind Pyrgo priory school and in some of the sedgefield crescent gardens, this may be one that has escaped if any one has photos or ideas of who the bird might belong to contact us. it has a red head / breast with green body |
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30 November 2006 Next Meeting .......Monday 11th December at 8pm A
meeting of the Friends has been organised at Pyrgo Priory School on Monday
11th December at 8pm. This will be the last meeting that Gaynor and I
can attend because we are moving to Scotland the following day. The Friends
will need to reorganise a little and I know that we already have some
volunteers to take on some of the organisation and the website. |
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25th September 2006 Latest Newsletter in full. Updates on the fencing, Beauty Spots and the gas cut off compensation scandal...................................Get the news |
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Friday 21st July 2006 ...........Fourteen friends took a trip to Laindon to see Glow worms, and we did, about eight of them in total. My first sighting hope its not the last.........................................................................................Click Here for more details |
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1st May 2006 Whitchurch Rd Allotments, another Harold Hill Beauty Spot.....pay it a visit |
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March 2006 .....................A Modest Proposal .................................Read On. |
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22nd Feb 2006 Litter Pick 2nd day washed out..........................3rd annual litter pick, see details |
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20th Feb 2006...................................FENCING Work Started Today on the long awaited steel fencing around the five minor entrances to Dagnam Park, at Tring Gardens (2) Sedgefield Cres (2) and Whitchurch Rd (1) Our thanks go to Pete Williams, Andy Casson and all the other staff at Havering Council who have been working to these ends for some time. Credit must also go to all those members of the Friends of Dagnam Park who have been pressing for this for some years. Its only the beginning of course, but its a good start to our list of priorities. |
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17th Jan 2006 Andy has been in touch regarding the new Lower Noke Close gate, Click here to see the proposals |
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At the last meeting of The Friends we decided to highlight other areas of concern in the area. The new pages will be entitled "Beauty Spots of Harold Hill". It is our aim to highlight some of these eyesores. We believe that the Councillors who put themselves forward (and are paid rather well) to oversee our public services should be held responsible for their provision, and that the residents who dump rubbish in our streets should be shamed. We will report on the action that they do or do not take. So watch this space....VISIT THE BEAUTY SPOTS OF HAROLD HILL Cllr Mann is the first recipient of our request for help read the email sent to him below Dear Cllr Mann, in recent years it has become the practise of a minority of local residents to dump rubbish in the streets of Harold Hill in the hope that the refuse collectors will collect it. The refuse collectors remove all that is within their contract and leave the rest. This can be carpets, furniture and even white goods, as well as garden or other refuse in the wrong bags. We are sure you are well aware of the problem. We are writing to urge you to collect this rubbish far more quickly than you do and probably more importantly take action to prevent the recurrence; maybe a well publicised prosecution would have some effect. We are sure that a bit of effort in this direction will be more cost effective in the long run. In the meantime can you arrange to clear the large amount of bags and other rubbish scattered along Gooshays Drive. Del Smith (Friends of Dagnam Park)
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11th October 2005 Go to photos of the circle of trees taken in 1964 and 2004. |
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22nd August 2005 New face for ‘Wildspace' Project I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the ‘Friends of Dagnam Park, and the Manor, Local Nature Reserve'. My name is Andy Casson and I have recently started as the new Havering ‘Wildspace! Community Liaison Officer' (CLO). Many of you will have been familiar with the previous officer Richard Cottam who earlier this year moved on to pastures new and is now working as a ranger in the Lee Valley Park. I have a background in working with local communities on regeneration and environmental projects across East London and am currently picking up where Richard left off. I will be focussing my attention on designating two additional Local Nature Reserves at the Ingrebourne and Rainham Marsh areas, and will also be continuing to support the work of the ‘friends of group', looking to move forward with the list of work priority issues raised by the group, reducing motorcycle access points being foremost. I have already met a couple of group members and explored the Repton Landscape, and am looking forward to meeting more members in the future, through walks, talks and activities. The Wildspace! Project is English Nature's grant scheme for Local Nature Reserves which involves local communities in the improvement, care and enjoyment of their local environment. For further information contact Andy Casson, LBH Wildspace Community Liaison Officer on 01708 432285 or e-mail andrew.casson@havering.gov.uk |
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20th July 2005.........Sun shines on the healthy walkers, picture......................... Read On |
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3rd May 2005 ................The Newt Safari was a fascinating night.......................read on |
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23rd April 2005 ...........Bluebell Walk attracts 45 visitors to Duck Wood.. ..... read on |
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24th February 2005 ....................A long lost 18th century water colour of Dagnams comes to light at the Pardoe exhibition. ......................................................................Read on |
| 19th February 2005 ................ Following the London Borough of Havering' Public Consultation on the Priorities for the new Nature Reserve, members consulted and submitted the following proposals .................................................................................read more. |
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1st February 2005 ...............Cllr Jeff Stafford has informed us that Havering Council are considering selling off three so called plots of building land on Harold Hill.................................................. see details... |
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14th January OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MANOR NATURE RESERVE. ROMFORD RECORDER 14-1-2005........................................................................................read.... |
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19th December 2004 Story Trail project setback and other news............................................. read on |
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18th December 2004...............Read minutes of the Friends meeting on 30th November 2004 |
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20th October 2004 ............THE MANOR NATURE RESERVE At last nights Havering Council cabinet meeting it was agreed to declare the council owned land at Duck Wood and Dagnam Park, including Hatters Wood as "The Manor Local Nature Reserve". Very good news indeed, but only the beginning. Thanks to Richard Cottam for passing on the news. |
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6th October 2004.............................Latest news on Manor Farm and the set aside land |
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22nd August. Mark Hanson led a group of 25 members and guests interested in the landscape and trees. For a full account of old parkland and its history ....read on.... 18th July. The history walk led by Don Tait took place in dry warm overcast weather ...read on..... |
| 13th July. news, including consultation on the nature reserve and a new 1946 aerial photo of the park ................................... read on ... |
| 2nd July. Last night's bat night .......................................................... read on |
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6th
June; Ancient meadows walk takes place
in dry weather! ..read
more..
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22nd May; Bat night hit by rain ........read more...... |
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18th May ; Havering Council closes off the illegal vehicular access in Priory Rd.... read more........ |
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13th May ; Romford Recorder report of meeting of 11th May.. read more |
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11th May; Dagnam Park Nature Reserve ....read more.. |
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• 21st April : More than 20 members met... read more... |
| • 1 March. Last weekend nearly forty members turned out... read more... |
| • The Friends met last night 25th February... read more... |
| • 23rd Jan: Richard Cottam writes... read more... |
