The Village Hall Committee planted a Sessile Oak on Friday,
20th November, to commemorate the Centenary of Yorkley Village School. Mark
Harper, our local MP, came along and spent the morning at the school and
then marched up the road with all 137 children, teachers and parents.
The idea came about
from the Tree Gazing Walk during the Festival given by Tony Titchen, a well
known Dendrologist and Botanist. He recommended the Sessile Oak as
appropriate for the area and the committee managed to track one down.
There was a very short
ceremony and the tree well planted, everyone retired to the hall for coffee
and biscuits and squash for the children. It was a great event.
Hello everyone, my name is Melissa Morgan and I
am the Village Agent for West Dean.
I am employed by
Gloucestershire Rural
Community Council to work within the Community with anyone aged
50 and over to help promote independent living and make access to a range of
information and services easier, things such as security,
social care, benefits, learning and many more.
My help is free to whoever needs it, and my aim is to help whoever
wants it.
If I
can help you or somebody that you know, you can telephone me
on 07776 245 712, or if you would like to find out more, telephone the SRCC
office on 01452 528 491or
visit the Gloucestershire
Rural
Community Council
website at
www.grcc.org.uk
I
hope to hear from you soon.
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here to download a printable leaflet
describing Melissa's work in more detail. (Acrobat Reader required)
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