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| Visit: www.blagdonestate.co.uk. |
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| TENANTS INFORMATION: Click HERE for on-line version
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| May 2010 |
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| Activities for May and June 2010 |
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| 5th May Norwoods |
| 8th May Help the heros |
| 9th May Friends of Carlisle Park Lunch |
| 12th May Netherton Gardeners Club |
| 14th May Country Trust Visit |
| 16th May Plant Heritage National AGM |
| 23rd May National Gardens Scheme Garden Opening. |
| 5th June Morpeth Soroptomists |
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| 6th June Carriage Driving event |
| 6th June Blagdon Cricket Club pavilion opening. |
| 7th June Newcastle and Northumberland society |
| 8th June Country Trust Visit |
| 9th June Gustharts anniversary party |
| 12th June Institute of Horticulture AGM |
| 13th June Newcastle Riding Group event |
| 18th June World Pheasant Association |
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| 26th/27th June Queens Own Yeomanry Training |
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| 27th June Macmillan Cancer Support cricket event |
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| 28th June Sussex Grassland Group |
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| 30th June Natural England visit |
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| Easter Trails. |
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| Thanks to everyone who helped and attended this years Easter Egg
Trails organised by the Blagdon events Committee on Good Friday. A
wonderful event once again thanks to the hard work of the helpers and
organisers. Click this
link for photographs of the day. |
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| Red Cross Open Gardens. |
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We had to postpone the open gardens from Easter Sunday until the
18th April due to the extreme wet weather. Unfortunately the weather on
the 18th was not kind and visitor numbers were very low. despite that we
raised over £2,000 which was a credible amount and mainly due to the
hard work of the organisers and helpers. A big thank you to Terri and
John Nicholson who went "above and beyond" in helping to organise this
event.
This event also saw the maiden voyage of the new estate people trailer,
very smartly driven by Lawrence. I am sure this trailer will make many
more appearances on open days in the future. |
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| National Gardens Scheme Open Gardens 23rd May. |
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| We welcome the National Gardens Scheme to Blagdon on the 23th May
for the very first time. The are organising an open gardens event from 1
to 5pm with adult entry being charged at £3.50. there will be
refreshments available. I hope that many people can come along to
support the NGS who, if you don't know are a charity founded in 1927 and
have The Prince of Wales as their Patron. They hold garden openings
across England and Wales and support several nursing and caring
charities. We are very pleased to be able to offer Blagdon as one of
these open gardens and wish them well with their event. I have a
complimentary entry ticket worth £7 to give away to the first person to
e mail me with the name of the 4th Viscount Ridley's 4th child. |
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| Blagdon Cricket Club, Fundraising Event Sunday 20th June. |
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| Watch out for this event being planned by the Blagdon Park Cricket
Club. The day is to help raise funds for the club who have recently
completed a superb extension to the cricket pavilion. I am told that the
club was started in 1898 and that the existing pavilion was completed
1908. The club now has a healthy current membership and a proud list of
previous members and visitors. the club supports young players and holds
an annual schools event, and we wish them a good day in June. |
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| Macmillan Cancer Support. Open gardens Sunday 27th June. |
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| Macmillan are holding an Open gardens and Charity Cricket tournament
again on Sunday 27th June. Please see adjacent poster for details. I
hope that the weather is kind on the day and that they will have plenty of support.
Click
HERE for further details. |
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| Estate Events. |
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| The Blagdon Summer Event this year has been set for
10th July. Check back for further details next month. |
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| Northumberlandia. |
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| Northumberlandia is shaping up to be a major project
produced by Banks and Blagdon for the benefit of the
region. We are very excited about the potential that this
project promises and we are sure that we will all be very
proud when the park is opened to the public, which is
scheduled for Summer 2013. The planning is now well advanced,
and work is scheduled to start in May 2010.
If you have any thoughts or suggestions about
Northumberlandia, please speak to me and I will pass your
comments to the design team.
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| Click
HERE for more details |
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| Please e mail me if you have any comments to make on
the website, this newsletter or any other aspect of
Blagdon Estate, I am always happy to receive feedback. |
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| Please feel free to submit any comments, observations
or submissions for future issues of "The Bull."
If you let us have your e mail address, I will notify you of all future issues.. |
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| rjdowner@blagdonestate.co.uk |
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