SUNDAY 6^th MAY, 2pm
In our temporary venue: Church on the Farm @ the back of the Opportunity Centre, Adams Rd, Broadwater Farm -  200 metres to the east of Broadwater Community Centre

UPDATE

Much of park remains open most of the time, but there’s disruption in some areas whilst works go on. A temporary ‘road’ has been created through the main field so the public can continue to use paths safely and paths aren’t damaged by works vehicles.

• A new Environmental Centre is being built by the playground The old hut was   demolished, and a new larger ‘Hub’ is being built to include café, toilets, classroom and meeting room. The playground stays open (access from the back)
• The Shell Theatre has been refurbished as a staff depot, and for performances
  • A new river channel has been created in the main field, with bridges & a ‘weir’ to raise water levels. The old ‘ditch’ channel got filled in, turned into a nature corridor.
  • The old toilet block at the main entrance has been refurbished as an Info Shop.
  • The historic Model Traffic Area is being resurfaced and restored
  • Underground drainage pipes have been put in throughout the park.
  • The sports field has been resurfaced and reseeded, ready for use at end of 2012
  • New bike track A new track has been built around the adventure playground.
  • Meadows/trees Meadows are being created & additional trees planted in many areas.
  • Paths Some paths are being resurfaced, and more lighting, bins & benches added.
  • Entrances Some of them will be repaired and enhanced with flower beds

Activities and some temporary relocations for park user groups

• The Friends Monthly Drop-Ins are at a temporary venue (see below).
• The Mother & Toddler Group are currently in the Broadwater Farm Community Centre, but they and the Friends will move to the new Environment Centre when its finished.
• The Trax Club holds weekly youth cycle sessions on Saturdays. www.thetrax.co.uk
• The Dog Training Sessions have been suspended for a while…
• The Monday morning brisk health walks continue: 9.20am, meet at Downhills Gate
• Football Teams continue but have had to relocate temporarily
• Lordship Wildlife Group Meet monthly at Back2Earth office, Opportunity Centre
• Back 2 Earth Continue to promote community gardening & food-related projects

Broadwater Community Centre news

New Harmony Gardens are being created by volunteers in the grounds of the Centre, co-ordinated by ‘Back 2 Earth’. The Friday lunchtime cafe continues, 1pm-2pm.

Other centre activities continue! Refurbishment of some of the downstairs is planned.

FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CHECK OUR NOTICEBOARDS AROUND THE PARK!

We showed our 2007 film about the Rec: http://www.lordshiprec.org.uk/video/ And we circulated the information below explaining how we are bringing history alive through the current regeneration of the Model Traffic Area and Shell Theatre, and the river restoration…

The following is just a rough summary of the history of Tottenham’s largest open space. Apologies if key points missed out, or some facts wrong!
-  Friends of Lordship Rec (2012)

1800s-1900s Downhills manor/estate straddles area – to become Downhills Park and Lordship Rec in the 20^th century. Included Moselle River and adjacent ornamental lake (thought to be on the site of a Saxon ‘moat’). Green spaces were also known locally as ‘uplands’, ‘downhills’ and ‘mount pleasant’ at different times.
1910-20 Tower Gardens Estate built. To the south there are allotments + river + marsh + a ‘Broadwaters’ farm
1932 Lordship Rec created by Tottenham Council.
1936 10,000 local people attend Lordship Rec grand opening
1938 Model Traffic Area (MTA), unique in UK, opened.
1940 Downhills Shelter (in southern part of park) suffers wartime bomb direct hit. 40+ local people killed.1950s – 70s Park’s heyday eg MTA, Shell theatre events, boating lake and ‘cascades’ etc
1966 Thousands attend Haringey Show in the Rec (on World Cup Final Day!)
1970s Broadwater Farm Estate built. Loss of many allotments.
1980s – 90s Cuts to maintenance and staffing cause serious decline
1980s Closure of lido by the Rec – replaced by housing. More open space lost. Woodland planted at the south of the park.
1985 BWF disturbances – Inquiry report calls for regeneration of estate and park. Broadwater Farm Residents Association demand improvements to the area.
1990s BWF Estate residents drive forward regeneration of the estate, and new Community Centre built next to park. Organise multicultural festivals in centre and park. Broadwater United football teams multiply and manage sport pitch in the Rec.
1990s Some physical improvements in the Rec (drainage, BMX track) but chronic lack of staffing and maintenance continues. Mother & Toddler Group take over disused hut as play facility (later to be co-managed with the Friends)
1998-9 Tower Gardens Residents Network launched to the north. Friends of Downhills Park launched to the south. Both groups very active and in achieving improvements.
2001 Friends of Lordship Rec launched, inspired by the neighbouring community efforts.
2002 Resident-led Lordship Rec Users Forum set up for community/council coordination to achieve improvements – have met monthly ever since (like the Friends have)
2000s Friends organise annual community festivals in Rec. Development of range of user groups and a vision for community-led regeneration/renewal.
2005-7 Some investment in active play areas. Friends rescue/improve woodland and lake areas. Staffing re-introduced after Friends lobbying.
2008- Back 2 Earth local charity set up to promote food growing, healthy eating and environmental sustainability in the Community Centre and in the future Rec
2011 LRUF hold weekly coordination meetings to oversee regeneration plans
2012 Regeneration and renewal works implemented, including restoring and bringing Rec heritage features alive again!! (eg Shell, MTA, River, main entrance)
June 24th 2012 Planned walk along the (mainly culverted) route of the River Moselle
Sept 22nd 2012 Planned Lordship Rec Community Festival
2013-forever? Planned community/council joint management of the park and ‘micro-management’ of its specific facilities/areas…

More info:  www.lordshiprec.org.uk

http://tottenham-summerhillroad.com

www.haringey.gov.uk/lordshiprec

Saturday 28th January, 12 noon, Downhills Park – meet at the cafe
Sunday 29th January, 12 Noon, Lordship Rec – meet at the lake

There will be common birds photos/recording sheets for everyone who would like to take part.

Spend just one hour wandering around the parks either singularly or in small groups (BRING THE KIDS) looking for the many different species that live with us in the parks.

We will enter our results afterwards into the RSPB website.

The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is in its 33rd year, and last year over 500,000 people took part. It’s already the biggest garden bird survey in the world but the wildlife charity says that the more people take part, the more useful the data is. The RSPB hopes to gather the most comprehensive set of garden bird survey results ever this year. There has been almost a 20 per cent increase in results submitted on the weekend of the survey since last year. And in one hour alone last year, the RSPB received just short of 10,000 forms. They really mean it when they say that every garden counts, and it doesn’t matter if you saw ten different birds species, one bird or none at all – it’s important that they know. These results can help shape the work the RSPB do, and the species and habitats we focus on. If you do take an hour out of your weekend, make sure it counts.

Good luck and enjoy yourselves

BTCV are coming to give a hand.

Back 2 Earth will provide a lunch and hot drinks for volunteers.

It would be good to see you there. Do tell anyone else you know who would like to be involved.

Apart from drinking lots of tea, making lots of noise and generally chatting about stuff one of the main things we do at the AGM is vote in a committee. This is a very special year as much of the committee are moving on and or taking on non committee roles in the club. This opens up new opportunities as we enter the clubs next and must exciting phase as the Lordship Loop is born.

Here is a summary of the committee roles and fantastic volunteer opportunities available to date. We encourage members and friends to apply and spread the word.

Committee Roles

Chair Daniel Mintz (standing down) open role

Secretary Marlene Julien (standing down) open role

Treasurer Abimbola Oyebo (standing down) open role

Head coach 1 Mario Schmolzti  (standing)

Head coach 2 (open role)

General volunteer, coaching, track maintenance, ride leading, fund-raising and work party roles are also available as are President and Vice President youth club representation roles.

For clarity Marlene will retain the Welfare Officer role.

Don’t forget the launch starts At 11am straight afterwards.

Hope to see you there. If you are interested in any of the committee roles feel free to get in touch direct by replying to this mail and for general volunteer enquiries you can express an interest here on this form

Been a blast

Daniel Mintz

Outgoing Chair

The Trax

Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Road, N17 6HE

Run by Angie and Georgia, working on a selection of sculptural features in the gardens.

The dates and times of the workshops are as follows:

• Thursday 24th November 1-3 pm
• Friday 25th November 10-12am and 1.15-3.15pm
• Thursday1st December  1-3 pm
• Friday 2nd Dec  10-12am and 1.15-315pm

To register your interest please contact info@back2earth.org.uk and put willow workshop as the subject of your email.

Or ring the Back2Earth office on 020 8808 1829

The Lordship Spinney Management Group in conjunction with "Back 2 Earth", is to hold the first of a series of workshops to manage the  trees in the Spinney.

You are invited to join in this interesting, informative and enjoyable workshop.

The task of this workshop, is to create a scale map, plotting the position and name of each tree in the spinney. This workshop will be led by Steve Mason. You will not need to know in advance how to identify trees, in order to join the workshop, as this will be taught and visual aids will be provided.

Steve Mason is an experienced Environmental Consultant who has run many community environmental workshops.

Please bring your own packed lunch, sturdy footwear and warm clothes as we will be working outside. Tea will be provided.

If heavy rain is forecast for the whole day, this workshop will have to be cancelled.

Let me know if you are coming by replying to this email. We look forward to seeing you on the 29th.

On a future date 

The next phase of the work will involve either coppicing, thinning or leaving larger trees to reach their full height. This will be done to retain the largest variety of trees overall and to provide each tree with the space to develop. Coppicing is done one area at a time over a period of years so that wildlife is not deprived of habitat.

Coppicing is an ancient method of managing and preserving trees by cutting them in such a way that they re-grow more thickly and vigorously. This allows the tree to live much longer than one that has not been coppiced.

Ruth Green
rutharooot@blueyonder.co.uk

Sunday 4th September – 2pm

At our temporary venue, Church on Farm, back of Opportunity Centre, Adams Rd. (Just 200 metres up the road from the Community Centre).

All park users and local residents welcome to drop in. This month we will discuss our aims and aspirations for the long term future of the park (see below), especially ensuring that all the agreed improvements and future staffing/maintenance happens as planned!

Plus regular weekly user groups sessions continue: egg:

• Monday walking group. Meet 9.20am at Downhill’s Park Rd entrance. All welcome.
• Mother & Toddler Group  Tues & Thurs at BWF Community Centre. 11am. All parents/carers and their toddlers welcome.
• Wednesday Dog Training, 1pm in the Main Field   All dog owners welcome.
• Trax Club - regular rides + weekly youth club   Info: www.thetrax.co.uk
• Friday’s green gym + community café (may be having a brief break) – contact Back 2 Earth, 8808 1829, to check if on
• Football teams - various days. Ask at the Community Centre.
• Lordship Wildlife Group - meet monthly.

Saturday Sept 24th, 1-5pm – Sporticulture Day: [Sports and Horticulture!] community event in and around the BWF Community Centre. See http://www.lordshiprec.org.uk/2011/08/sporticulture-day/

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24th, 1pm-5pm

In the Broadwater Farm Community Centre and its grounds, Adams Road, N17 6HE

Including sports participation programme, and the annual Tottenham horticulture (flower and produce) competition and show

For the last few years we have held a community festival in Lordship Rec. This year, due to the extensive regeneration works in the Rec – which will be completed by July 2012 – we are down-sizing the festival and holding it in the Broadwater Centre and its grounds. We will be focusing on SPORTS and HORTICULTURE.

Why not come and join in!

SPORTS More details: makea.change@haringey.gov.uk or 020 8489 5712

Come and try out a range of activities for all ages and abilities – organised by Haringey Leisure Services

1pm – 1.45pm:  Aerobics (Sports Hall) + Tennis (MUGA) + Cycling advice / info / Dr Bike 
2pm – 2.45pm: Basketball (Sports Hall) + Table Tennis (Sports Hall) + Tennis (MUGA) + Cycling advice / info / Dr Bike 
3pm – 3.45pm: Zumba (Sports Hall) + Street Cricket (MUGA) + Cycling advice / info / Dr Bike + Led Bike Ride (for adult beginners)
4pm – 5pm: Netball (Sports Hall) + Badminton (Sports Hall) + Table Tennis (Sports Hall) + Street Cricket (MUGA) + Cycling advice / info / Dr Bike

FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW Entry forms from info@back2earth.org.uk

The annual Tottenham Flower and Produce Show, organised by Back2Earth, provides a fantastic showcase for all locally grown fruit, vegetables and flowers plus home-cooked food and handicrafts. Entry is free to all but you will need an entry form in advance which can be obtained by emailinginfo@back2earth.org.uk or ringing the office on 0208 808 1829. Return the form to Back2Earth c/o Broadwater Centre, 1 Adams Road, N17 6HE

[9am–11am: Registration for entrants]
[12 noon: Judging - no public access]
1pm: Show opens to public
3pm: Awards ceremony

Refreshments – available from the Community Cafe in the Centre.

Information stalls – from the Friends of Lordship Rec, Trax Club, Back2Earth, Broadwater Farm Community Centre, and Haringey Leisure Services

Thursday 1st September

The Shell Theatre

Lordship Recreation Ground, Lordship Lane N17 (main entrance opposite Waltheof Avenue)

11am-12noon: Drama workshops for all ages and abilities

1pm-2pm: Around the World in Eighty Days performance

11-3pm: Consultation

Admission: Free. All Welcome. Bring a cushion and a picnic if you like! Free refreshments will be served after the show.

If it rains, the workshops and performance will take place in the Jazz Cafe at the adjacent Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Rd, N17 6HE, .

11.00-12.00: THE DRAMA WORKSHOPS

Run by experienced drama teachers this will be an opportunity for park users, local residents and people of all ages and abilities to take part in drama games and related activities. No booking required – just turn up. Free.

1.00-2.00: THE PERFORMANCE – AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS

Freely adapted from the novel by Jules Verne and the musical by Phil Willmott and Annemarie Lewis Thomas, this open air theatre event will enable you to treat your friends and family of all ages to a whistle stop tour of four continents, as dashing Victorian adventurer Phileas Fogg and his hapless servant Passepartout recount their daring attempt to cross the globe in record time. Put on by the Steam Industry Free Theatre. Free.

11.00-3.00: THE CONSULTATION – HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SHELL THEATRE

There will be Questionnaires to fill in with your ideas and views about the future usage of the historic Shell Theatre. Children will be able to add their views through drawings. The Shell is currently being repaired – at the back as a depot for parks staff, and in front as a public performance space. Built in the 1930s, it has hosted all kinds of events including tea-dances, boxing matches, school award ceremonies, theatre shows and music gigs. 6 years ago the freestyle area in front of the stage was built for skateboarding and cycling stunts, but leaving a large assembly space for people to gather to watch any future performances. Since then it has been used to host a skateboard jam, a bmx world stunt champion display, and a night-time pedal-powered film show! What kind of activities and performances would you like to see in future

• Please bear in mind that there will be some construction works going on in the park and hence some areas will be fenced off (i.e. have restricted access)
• Event organised by the Wildcat Arts Collective – www.wildcat-arts-collective.org.uk
• Supported by the Lordship Rec Users Forum (including Friends of Lordship Rec, Back2Earth and Haringey Leisure Services) -www.lordshiprec.org.uk