I stumbled across this today.
The Friends of Chorlton Water Park have been working alongside Mersey Valley Warden Service to organise an event to clebrate 30 years of Chorlton Water Park, on the 21st September starting at 10am till 3pm.
Chorlton Water Park stands on what was the site of Barlow Hall Farm. Up until the 1950s the farmer flooded the field to increase the fertility of the land. He recalled that ‘the sluice gates were never opened for the first flood as this brought down the rubbish: the second flood brought down rich mud’.
Gravel was excavated from the site and used in the construction of the M60 motorway in the 1970s. The gravel pit was subsequently flooded; creating the lake that is central to the Water Park today.
Chorlton Water Park is a Local Nature Reserve. It is also a holder of the Civic Trust’s Green Flag Award - recognising the high standard of environmental value
and community involvement- and the UK Man and the Biosphere Urban Wildlife Award for Excellence. It has also been awarded the Green Flag award for the past 4 years!
To mark this day we have organised the event to include: A display to show the history of the Water park, alongside people's memories. Also caneoing, face painting, Arts & crafts, tombola, hair braiding, games, Samba performance by Cavendish Rd Primary School children (12pm), Hot food and beverages and various stalls from jewelrey to recycling.
I really liked the look of canoeing, but it seemed like the rest of the world did too - the queue was vast. Some other time maybe.
*I'm 28-and-a-half, actually.
No comments:
Post a Comment