by Joanna Tubbs | Mar 1, 2026 | Amphitheatre, Four Acre Field, Newsletter, Querns Wood, The Obelisk
Apologies for the lateness of this newsletter- should have been December. The best laid plans of mice and men…..We hope the delay didn’t spoil your Christmas. Anyway, (belated) happy new year! Re the above picture, sometimes you’ve just got a few minutes, or a few...
by Joanna Tubbs | Sep 26, 2025 | Newsletter, Uncategorized
We start with some very sad news: Les Stapley, one of our founder members, passed away on 29th March. When our group first formed, our monthly meetings were held in the scout hut on Cotswold Avenue, by the obelisk. At that time, Les was the caretaker there so had to...
by Joanna Tubbs | Sep 11, 2024 | Amphitheatre, Conservation, Four Acre Field, Newsletter, Querns Wood, The Obelisk
Some of you may recall from our previous newsletter that we advised that we had been given the opportunity earlier in the year to mount a small display in the entrance to the Local Information Centre, Bingham House, on Dyer Street – one of the two showcases is shown...
by wp0bt69l10Tu | Dec 29, 2023 | Amphitheatre, Conservation, Four Acre Field, Newsletter, Querns Wood, The Obelisk
Amphitheatre Towards the end of September and into October, late Friday evenings saw several “gatherings” in the amphitheatre, with a large assortment of bottles, cans, food packaging, vapes and evidence of drug use scattered around. Sincere thanks to Saturday early...
by Joanna Tubbs | Aug 21, 2023 | Amphitheatre, Conservation, Four Acre Field, Newsletter, Querns Wood, The Obelisk
When we first started our newsletters, nearly 10 years ago, we had a wealth of news about who and why we were, what was going on in our patch and (hopefully) interesting background items, like our 5 part history of the amphitheatre, the story of how the hospital used...
by Joanna Tubbs | Dec 1, 2022 | Amphitheatre, Four Acre Field, Newsletter, Querns Wood, The Obelisk
The opening paragraph and picture of our previous newsletter were the sad image of a large pile of rubbish collected from around the amphitheatre. What a pleasure it is this time to have something in total contrast to the thoughtless and potentially dangerous...
